Marshall Islands
After delays, US Senate passes funds for Pacific island nations
Republicans were able to make it easier for veterans deemed mentally incompetent to buy guns – a provision that provoked some Democrats to vote against the measure.
- Erik Wasson
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Welcome to the last country on earth without a national soccer team
Soccer is played everywhere on the planet - except for this tiny Pacific nation which barely has enough room for a field. Three blokes from England are trying to get the world game up and running.
- Vince Rugari
Freak waves wreak havoc on US Army missile-tracking island
Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands, about 4000 kilometres north-east of Australia, is an American space and defence test site.
- James Lemon
Chinese duo accused of trying to create micro-state in South Pacific
The charges come against a backdrop of growing geopolitical competition between China and the United States in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.
- Nicola Smith
- Analysis
- Glasgow summit
How ambition for a small country’s survival helped reshape the COP agenda
The Marshall Islands is an unlikely powerhouse at the COP for its role in founding a voting bloc of nations that appeared suddenly and dramatically at the Paris climate talks.
- Nick O'Malley
Group of countries plan COP26 deal to end financing of fossil fuels abroad: sources
The agreement would attempt to build consensus between wealthier and poorer nations around overseas financial support to stop backing fossil fuel projects.
- Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop
Five Micronesian countries to quit the Pacific Islands Forum
Five Pacific island nations have announced they are quitting the Pacific’s key regional body in a blow to Australia’s efforts to unite the region.
- Anthony Galloway
Wide blue yonder
Lance Richardson explores nations rich in culture, charm and conflict as he hops over a key expanse of the Pacific.
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