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March 7, 2022
Three members of the United States Congress have introduced a resolution to recognise the legacy of US nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. Congresswoman Katie Porter along with Senators Mazie Hirono and Ed Markey brought in the resolution to coincide with Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day on March 1. On 1 March 1954, the US exploded ... <a title="Bid for US Congress to acknowledge nuclear tests ‘darkest chapter’ in Marshalls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/07/bid-for-us-congress-to-acknowledge-nuclear-tests-darkest-chapter-in-marshalls/" aria-label="Read more about Bid for US Congress to acknowledge nuclear tests ‘darkest chapter’ in Marshalls">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Micronitor News and Printing Company founder Joe Murphy moved the goal posts of freedom of press and freedom of expression in the Marshall Islands, a country that had virtually no tradition of either, by establishing an independent newspaper that today ... <a title="No money, little experience, but Marshall Islands media icon leaves lasting legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/07/no-money-little-experience-but-marshall-islands-media-icon-leaves-lasting-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about No money, little experience, but Marshall Islands media icon leaves lasting legacy">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
By Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The US Army ignored agreed-to covid prevention rules for entry into the Marshall Islands this week and the result was the first border cases of covid in the Marshall Islands in more than a year. Three US Army personnel tested positive for covid soon after arrival at ... <a title="Three US Army personnel test positive for covid at Marshall Islands border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/three-us-army-personnel-test-positive-for-covid-at-marshall-islands-border/" aria-label="Read more about Three US Army personnel test positive for covid at Marshall Islands border">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael Field, co-editor of The Pacific Newsroom Extensive damage to food crops across South Pacific atolls has followed three days of high spring tides in the region. Reports into The Pacific Newsroom show the tides have afflicted Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and the archipelago islands of Papua New ... <a title="Tidal damage cuts swathe across wide area of Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/tidal-damage-cuts-swathe-across-wide-area-of-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Tidal damage cuts swathe across wide area of Pacific">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
By Luke Nacei in Suva Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has hit out at the Fiji government, calling on Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to tell the Fijian people who funded the 36-member Fiji delegation to the Glasgow COP26 climate summit. Professor Prasad said Fiji’s failure to achieve anything ... <a title="COP26 climate trip branded ‘junket’ – Prasad slams 36-strong Fiji team" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/cop26-climate-trip-branded-junket-prasad-slams-36-strong-fiji-team/" aria-label="Read more about COP26 climate trip branded ‘junket’ – Prasad slams 36-strong Fiji team">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Chloé Farand, Joe Lo, Isabelle Gerretsen and Megan Darby After a series of tense huddles, more than 24 hours into overtime, the gavel went down on a climate deal in Glasgow, Scotland, last night. The Glasgow Climate Pact refers to coal for the first time in the UN process. It asks countries to come ... <a title="World strikes ‘uncomfortable’ pact at COP26 climate summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/14/world-strikes-uncomfortable-pact-at-cop26-climate-summit/" aria-label="Read more about World strikes ‘uncomfortable’ pact at COP26 climate summit">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
By Peter Kenny in Geneva The Pacific Islands are in grave danger and at the frontline of global climate change and the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, known as COP26, in Glasgow this week is vitally important for islanders, says Reverend James Bhagwan. The general secretary of the Suva-based regional Pacific Conference of Churches ... <a title="Pacific ‘in peril’ if COP26 doesn’t work, warns regional church leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/pacific-in-peril-if-cop26-doesnt-work-warns-regional-church-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘in peril’ if COP26 doesn’t work, warns regional church leader">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2021
RNZ Pacific A new study shows rising sea levels in the Marshall Islands will endanger 40 percent of buildings in the capital Majuro, with 96 percent of the city likely to flood frequently. The study, “Adapting to Rising Sea Levels in Marshall Islands”, is compiled by the Marshall Islands government and the World Bank. It ... <a title="Sea level rise study in Marshall Islands paints a grim picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/sea-level-rise-study-in-marshall-islands-paints-a-grim-picture/" aria-label="Read more about Sea level rise study in Marshall Islands paints a grim picture">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama in Suva Fiji Islands Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is the current Chair of the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum. Addressing the UN General Assembly virtually on September 25, he called on the global community to embrace Fiji’s vision of a “better, greener, bluer and safer future for humanity”. The United Nations ... <a title="Bainimarama: Pacific faces tough climate, disease challenges – world leaders need to rise up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/29/bainimarama-pacific-faces-tough-climate-disease-challenges-world-leaders-need-to-rise-up/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama: Pacific faces tough climate, disease challenges – world leaders need to rise up">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2021
By Bernadette Carreon of Pacific Island Times Four Micronesian leaders skipped the Pacific Islands Forum’s 51st virtual session yesterday, in a continuing protest over the organisation’s refusal to assign the leadership post to the subregion as previously agreed. Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama’s official apology proved not convincing enough to break the impasse and appease ... <a title="Micronesian leaders boycott Forum, stand firm on plan to leave bloc" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/07/micronesian-leaders-boycott-forum-stand-firm-on-plan-to-leave-bloc/" aria-label="Read more about Micronesian leaders boycott Forum, stand firm on plan to leave bloc">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Marshall Islands has issued a plea for help and a call to action at the US Leaders Summit on Climate Change. Addressing the virtual meeting on Friday, President David Kabua laid out the existential threat facing his country and the Pacific. Kabua was the lone Pacific leader invited by US President Joe ... <a title="Marshall Islands as lone Pacific voice at climate summit pleads for help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/25/marshall-islands-as-lone-pacific-voice-at-climate-summit-pleads-for-help/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands as lone Pacific voice at climate summit pleads for help">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Chinese official characterised the US return to the international climate scene, not unfairly, as a “truant getting back to class”, reports Climate Change News. Joe Biden just about scraped a pass with his first assignment this week, and inspired varying degrees of improvement from his slacker pals Japan, Canada and ... <a title="Biden’s pledge a start to restoring US climate change credibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/25/bidens-pledge-a-start-to-restoring-us-climate-change-credibility/" aria-label="Read more about Biden’s pledge a start to restoring US climate change credibility">Read more</a>