Trump announces resumption of US nuclear weapons testing

The mushroom cloud from the world’s first test of a thermonuclear device (hydrogen bomb), over Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands on November 1, 1952. [AP Photo/Los Alamos National Laboratory]On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced the...

The Colonial Power Wanted to Be Culturally Sensitive – They ended up creating more inequality (30.10.2025)

By Amanda ScheiPublished: 30.10.2025 In the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean lie the Marshall Islands – a nation of coral atolls scattered across a huge ocean area. Here, people have traditionally lived through subsistence, fishing, agriculture,...

Inside the country with visa-free entry for almost everyone - and the most beautiful beaches in the world

Tucked in the western Pacific Ocean is a country made up of more than 600 islands scattered across an expanse of ocean - five times the size of France. The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is an archipelago composed of both high volcanic...

Amelia Earhart Expedition Postponed

The joint Purdue University, Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) and Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) mission to locate Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10E has been postponed to 2026. The Taraia Object Expedition, originally scheduled to...

Taitague presses military leaders for direct communication with the legislative branch

Sen. Telo Taitague confronted a Joint Region Marianas representative at last week's Pacific Island legislators meeting, demanding to know why the military briefs the governor's office but bypasses the legislature. The exchange happened during the...

$124 Trillion And Counting... These Are The World's Largest Economies

The 2026 world economy has a cautious outlook, according to the October report put out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The organization says that global growth is slowing amid fragmentation and rising protectionism. Significant downside...

Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight nuclear testing legacy

(file image) Photo: 123RF A Marshall Islands lawmaker has called on Pacific legislatures to establish and strengthen their national human rights commissions to help address the region's nuclear testing legacy. "Our people in the Marshall Islands...

Mushroom clouds over Vegas? What Trump’s nuclear weapons tests could mean for America and the world

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

How to watch Ireland v New Zealand for free: Live stream, TV details for Chicago clash

Watch Ireland v New Zealand as two giants of the game meet on a mild, potentially showery afternoon at Chicago’s Soldier Field.Read on to find out how to watch this epic Gallagher Cup encounter, a clash between the second and third best sides on...

US to resume nuclear bomb tests

US to resume nuclear bomb tests Convicted felon President Trump tells Pentagon to resume nuclear bomb tests By Lynda Carson - October, 30, 2035 Yesterday, the convicted felon President Donald J. Trump announced that he wants the Pentagon to resume...

Lawmakers unite behind nuclear fallout task force, may march on Washington

Sen. Telo Taitague co-sponsored a resolution this week to form a Pacific-Wide task force on nuclear fallout impact, signaling a shift in strategy after Guam's latest exclusion from federal radiation compensation efforts. If needed, she said,...

Trump wants the US to resume nuclear weapons testing. This is what it could mean

Shortly before meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, US President Donald Trump posted on social media that he had instructed the Pentagon to start "immediately" testing nuclear weapons. The reason, he said, was because other...

The Pacific further invests in data and decision-ready tools to support Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of Korea, in collaboration with the Pacific Community (SPC), the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), has entered into a...

Oct. 29 - Expedition to search for Amelia Earhart’s plane postponed to 2026

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue University, Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) and the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) announced Oct. 27 that the Taraia Object Expedition, a joint mission hoping to locate Amelia Earhart’s lost aircraft in a lagoon of...

Women break maritime barriers

Marshallese Lina Harry and Raelin T. Bing are in Busan, Republic of Korea to participate in the 2025 IMO-ITCP Global Onboard Training Program. Lina graduated with a Certificate of Completion Rating Forming Part of a Navigation Watch in May 2025...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – October 24 – 30, 2025

Political Leadership and Regionalism, Peace and Security ‘Real Action’: Pacific voices growing louder over West Papua’s escalating crisis (PMN) China backs Fiji’s Ocean of Peace vision (Fiji Sun) Cook Islanders confront US-funded vessel over...

US has tested nuclear weapons over 1,000 times since Trinity explosion: Why does Trump want more?

US President Donald Trump made many heads turn after he ordered the Pentagon to start testing America’s nuclear weapons. Trump announced his social media platform, TruthSocial, hours before he met his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Trump’s order...

Closing the Gap: Managing Journal Entry Risk in the Record-to-Report Process

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US Threatens to Resume Nuclear Testing while Past Tests Have Devastated Victims Worldwide

Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, TerraViva United Nations The first USSR nuclear test "Joe 1" at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, 29 August 1949. Credit:...

The experts respond to Trump’s proposal to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis”

Photograph of 74-kiloton nuclear bomb test Hood, conducted in 1957 at an altitude of 1,500 feet. Hood was the highest-yield atmospheric test to be conducted at the site, according to page 54 of the Nevada Test Site Guide published by the National...