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VIPS MEMO: Arms Control — Toward Lasting Peace
Consortium News
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May 8, 2025
At the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe over the Nazis, the Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity issue this memorandum calling for nuclear arms control leading to lasting peace. LGM-118A Peacekeeper missile system tested at...
On the Destruction of the Deep Earth as a Destruction of the Self
Literary Hub
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June 11, 2025
It begins as a low rolling rumble, like a train off in the distance. Article continues after advertisement My father sits on a wooden bench outside the ranch house, pulling on cowboy boots, whistling Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings tunes. Colorado...
37th Guam Micronesia Island Fair returning this weekend with cultural celebration at Ypao Beach
The Guam Daily Post
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The 37th annual Guam Micronesia Island Fair will showcase the region's cultural diversity this weekend with traditional performances, international headliners and Guam's first-ever beach flag competition at Gov. Joseph Flores Memorial Park. The...
Serbia ≠ Fidji? or: What happened to Serbia’s Intervention in the Case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Sudan v. United Arab Emirates)
EJIL: Talk!
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June 9, 2025
I. Introduction Certain aspects and the (then still potential) outcome of the ICJ Case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Sudan (Sudan v. United Arab Emirates) were already...
French delegation arrives in Taiwan
Taipei Times
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June 8, 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday welcomed to Taiwan a delegation of French parliament members led by Marie-Noelle Battistel, chair of the French National Assembly’s France-Taiwan Friendship Group. During their stay in Taiwan from...
Kokua Line: Who gets COVID-19 funeral aid?
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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June 5, 2025
Question: The city is paying for funerals of Micronesian people killed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Were/are other people eligible for this? Answer: Yes, but through a federal program that excludes Compact of Free Association migrants living in the...
Films foster local talents
Marshall Islands Journal
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June 5, 2025
Journal 6/8/1982 P1 President asks public to study Compact President Amata Kabua and Foreign Secretary Tony deBrum returned from the United States June 4 and reported to leaders and the public assembled at the government building that the Compact...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – May 30 – June 5, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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June 6, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
This Was Just Named Minnesota’s Most Unique Attraction
Y.105FM - Minnesota
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May 20, 2025
Minnesota is home to some seriously impressive tourist spots. We’ve obviously got the Mall of America, more lakes than we know what to do with, and cool art like a giant spoon with a cherry on top. But let’s be honest, we’ve also got our fair...
Which cabins are noisiest? 20 of the big questions in cruising answered
WAtoday
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June 3, 2025
Most cruise lines permit one suitcase per passenger, and cabin storage space is limited, so reign in any urge towards excess, especially if your ship has a self-service laundry. If you’re a shopper, bring a soft folding bag with you. You’ll need a...
Richard Garwin, creator of the hydrogen bomb
The Times
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Edward Teller, a physicist dubbed “the father of the hydrogen bomb”, had a heart attack in 1979 that he blamed on the strain of combating Jane Fonda’s anti-nuclear activism. Confronted with his mortality, Teller recorded an oral history that...
'Exceptional' war film directed by A-lister and everyone needs to watch
Irish Mirror
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April 22, 2025
Cinema buffs have been praising Angelina Jolie's 2014 film, Unbroken, since its release, and they're gobsmacked to discover that the Hollywood icon directed it. Unbroken is an Oscar-nominated cinematic gem that brings to life the true tale of a...
A Generation of Injustice at Tyson Foods
The Nation
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June 5, 2025
Alice Driver’s Life and Death of the American Worker, an intimate look at a processing plant in Arkansas, exposes the inhumanity of a workplace and how workers fought back. Ad Policy An employee at Tyson Foods Inc. processing chicken in...
China ‘here to stay’ in Micronesia, will keep using foreign aid to sway nations: Expert
Island Times
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June 3, 2025
HAGATNA (GUAM PACIFIC DAILY NEWS)—The Chinese government’s efforts to sway Pacific and Micronesian nations using foreign aid have grown, and the rising superpower “will not back down” in the face of competition with the U.S and other nations,...
Richard Garwin obituary
The Guardian
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June 3, 2025
The Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi called his student Richard Garwin “the only true genius I’ve ever met”. Garwin, who has died aged 97, is perhaps the most influential 20th-century scientist that you have never heard of, because he produced much of...
A New Photography Show at CENTER Brings our Atomic History into Focus
Santa Fe New Mexican
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Friday, May 30, is a big day at CENTER as the nonprofit, photography-centric gallery celebrates two significant happenings at once: the opening of a new educational space that has been a long time coming, and within that space, the launch of an...
A brief restaurant history
Marshall Islands Journal
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May 29, 2025
Journal 6/1/1982 P1 Compact signed! Compact of Free Association between the Marshall Islnds and the United States was signed Sunday 29 May (Majuro date), according to a front page story in the Honolulu Advertiser. Acting President Tom Kijiner...
Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing
Asia Pacific Report
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June 3, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Taieri MP Ingrid Leary reflected on her years in Fiji as a television journalist and media educator at a Fiji Centre function in Auckland celebrating Fourth Estate values and independence at the weekend. It was a reunion with...
LOOKING BACK: Musings from the Mynderse Microphone
Finger Lakes Times - New York
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When I started working as the curator of the Seneca Falls Historical Society this past January, I found a reference to the Mynderse Microphone being donated to the collections here. When I saw that reference, I assumed it related to a piece of...
Women's softball squad readies for Pacific Mini Games in Palau
Pacific Daily News
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It’s been a minute since Guam has sent a women’s fastpitch softball team to international competition. Guam's women's fastpitch softball team is getting ready for the Pacific Mini Games in Palau. Under the leadership of team manager and Guam...