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Marshall Islands locals watched radioactive coral fall from the sky for hours after the US’s bomb tests, 71 years ago. Now ...
Due to incorrect information provided by Getty Images, an earlier version of this column incorrectly used a photo depicting a French nuclear test at Fangataufa Atoll in 1970 rather than the U.S ...
A new study into the legacy of the US nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands has shown the impacts were significantly greater than has previously been acknowledged. The research, which was ...
MAJURO, Marshall Islands - The Marshall Islands halted key negotiations with the US on Friday over ongoing grievances relating to nuclear testing dating back 70 years on the atolls in the heart of ...
After World War II, the Marshall Islands became a nuclear testing ground for the United States, leaving a legacy of displacement and cancer. Now rising sea levels and the prospect of relocating is ...
Marshall Islanders are still plagued by health and environmental effects of 67 U.S. nuclear bomb tests from 1946 to 1958, which included "Castle Bravo" at Bikini Atoll in 1954 - the largest U.S ...
The first nuclear bomb test, ... "The Rongelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands remains a radiological hazard, because of ...
— Marshall Islands Permanent Mission in Geneva (@RMIGeneva) October 7, 2024. At the 79th General Assembly of the UN, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine urged the UN to lead by example by ...
The summer of 1946 saw a lot of shocking scenes. There were the atomic bomb tests that tore up the waters off the Marshall Islands, leaving parts of the region more radioactive than Chernobyl ...
During his four years of active duty, he spent 57 days on the Marshall Islands during the government’s nuclear bomb testing. He was just 19 years old. “We were there for the first eight ...
Project 2025 calls for the United States to “Reject ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.” That would be a tremendous step back, says the former US Ambassador to the Marshall Islands—home ...