Pacific Infrastructure & Security: The US and New Zealand have announced a US$60 million deep-sea port project on Penrhyn atoll in the Cook Islands, with NZ managing construction and the site seen as strategically valuable for access across the Pacific. Nuclear Disarmament & Marshall Islands Context: Nuclear testing survivors and UN campaigners marked the International Day against Nuclear Tests, revisiting the Semipalatinsk legacy and renewed calls for disarmament—alongside reminders of the wider nuclear history that includes Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Regional Tech & Health: The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center’s Body Composition Shared Resource Laboratory earned an IAEA Collaborating Centre designation, aiming to standardize nuclear and radiological body-composition methods through 2030. Marshall Islands Tech & Policy: The Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport in Majuro criticized Japan’s IMO shipping decarbonization proposal as too weak on fuel-intensity targets and too reliant on flexible offsetting. Digital Finance (Marshall Islands): The Marshall Islands issued a natively onchain sovereign digital bond, enabling a fully onchain repo transaction—positioned as a milestone for future capital markets. Pacific Islands Forum Watch: Leaders are gathering in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum, with Taiwan’s return to related events and ongoing debates over regional unity, climate, and security. Maritime Operations: A US Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter Oliver Henry change of command highlighted ongoing search-and-rescue, disaster response, and shiprider patrols involving Marshall Islands partners. Space Tech: NASA’s Swift telescope rescue attempt failed, and the observatory is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, though a test approach mission will still try to validate future maintenance tech.