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UAMS Intervention Sees Significant Decrease in HbA1c, BMI Levels Among Marshallese Communities
UAMS
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January 22, 2025
View Larger Image Jan. 22, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Participants in a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) study to determine the effectiveness of culturally-adapted, family-based diabetes education and management programs for...
Inside the “shadow fleet” that financed Iranian terror cells worldwide
CTech
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June 22, 2025
The war with Iran raises concerns that the Revolutionary Guards may attempt to activate the global Islamic terror cells they established and funded through the Quds Force. These groups, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and others in Syria, have...
Could Amelia Earhart’s plane be in this lagoon? New expedition plans to find out
AOL
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After nearly a century, the disappearance of Amelia Earhart while she was attempting to fly around the world remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th century. For decades, many top-dollar expeditions have attempted to locate...
What happened to Amelia Earhart? New expedition may finally find out
USA Today - Virginia
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After nearly a century, the disappearance of Amelia Earhart while she was attempting to fly around the world remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th century. For decades, many top-dollar expeditions have attempted to locate...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands welcomes delegates for Women’s conference
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Photo: Day 1 of the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women held in Majuro, RMI. Picture Credit: Pacific Community (SPC) The 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women opened with an esteemed and vibrant welcome ceremony on Saturday, 20 July...
Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
The Gateway Pundit
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July 4, 2025
Credit: FOX Sunday Morning Futures screenshot A seabed mining agreement with the island nation of Nauru would reduce China’s influence while establishing America as an industry authority This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire. By...
AI-powered cameras to broadcast Marshall Islands first ever futsal match
RNZ
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July 18, 2024
The Marshall Islands Soccer Federation (MISF) was founded in 2020. Photo: Twitter.com/@SoccerFedMI Artificial intelligence is taking a major leap forward in sport in the form of unmanned cameras that will broadcast the Marshall Islands' first ever...
First Marshall Islands futsal match to be broadcast with AI-powered cameras
The Straits Times
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July 18, 2024
Artificial intelligence is taking a major leap forward in sport in the form of unmanned cameras that will broadcast the Marshall Islands' first ever futsal match against Micronesia on Monday. The Marshall Islands, the last country in the world to...
Soccer-First Marshall Islands futsal match to be broadcast with AI-powered cameras
The Malaysian Star
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July 18, 2024
(Reuters) - Artificial intelligence is taking a major leap forward in sport in the form of unmanned cameras that will broadcast the Marshall Islands' first ever futsal match against Micronesia on Monday. The Marshall Islands, the last country in...
“We need to end nuclear weapons, before they end us”
Croakey Health Media
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July 3, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: Amid so much focus on militarisation globally, it’s more important than ever to understand what it takes to prevent and avoid conflict, especially in the context of a nuclear arms race. In a rare win for efforts to promote...
Purdue Launches Expedition To Identify Amelia Earhart’s Missing Plane
Ink Free News - Indiana
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July 3, 2025
Amelia Earhart on the nose of her Lockheed Electra, March 12, 1937. Photo from Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers and the Amelia Earhart at Purdue collection....
In Pacific outreach, India to help Marshall Islands with infra projects
WION
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July 15, 2024
In a Pacific outreach, India has announced that it will develop community infrastructure projects in the Marshall Islands. The initiative includes the construction of a community sports centre, airport terminal, and two community centres and a MoU...
Arkansas Advocate: Arkansas WIC participation far below national average; advocates push for increased enrollment
Magnolia Reporter - Arkansas
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Just over a third of eligible Arkansans participate in federal nutrition assistance aimed at low-income women and children, the second-lowest participation rate in the nation, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....
Japan to Help Pacific Islands Build Infrastructure; Marshall Islands to Get ¥5 Billion to Rebuild Airport Terminal
The Japan News
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July 14, 2024
Yomiuri Shimbun file photo Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, shakes hands with Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on March 13. The Yomiuri Shimbun 1:00 JST, July 15, 2024 The government plans to...
Revealed: How Hezbollah fundraisers helped finance the €157m MV Matthew drug operation
The Journal
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July 4, 2025
THE KINAHAN CRIME group and international drug criminals partnered up with Iranian fundraisers for Hezbollah and paid €5 million up front for the cocaine that was to be shipped to Ireland on board the MV Matthew, The Journal has learned. The money...
How wind tech hopes to help decarbonize cargo shipping
MIT Technology Review
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January 2, 2025
Though hyperlocal, Kelen’s work is part of a global project from the International Maritime Organization to reduce emissions associated with cargo shipping to net zero by 2050. Beyond these tiny islands, much of the effort to meet the IMO’s goals...
Ani-One Asia Streams
Anime News Network
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Image via Dr. Stone anime's X/Twitter account©米スタジオ・Boichi／集英社・Dr.STONE製作委員会Ani-One Asia announced on Thursday and Friday that it will stream the Dr. Stone: Science Future (second part), Hotel Inhumans, With You and the Rain, Onmyō Kaiten...
IMO’s Crucial Moment: How Shipping Finally Started Tackling Climate Change
CleanTechnica
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June 19, 2025
In the wake of the International Maritime Organization’s vote to price carbon in shipping fuels, I had the opportunity to sit down with an insider and expert on maritime decarbonization, Tristan Smith. He’s the director of a maritime advisory...
Japan to help Pacific Islands build Infrastructure; Marshall Islands to get…
Pacific News Service
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The Japanese government plans to announce a wide range of support measures to Pacific Island countries based on their needs to coincide with the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting, which is to be held in Tokyo from Tuesday to Thursday. One major...
Analysis: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers an Important Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
The Virginia Star
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July 4, 2025
by Wyatt J. Greco In an April 2025 executive order, President Trump affirmed that offshore critical minerals are key to creating supply chains that do not depend on adversaries like the People’s Republic of China. While US leadership on deep-sea...