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Marshall Islands’ president: It’s wrong to ban partners from Pacific Islands…

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine has told Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele that it will hurt the Pacific Island region to bar numerous development partners from attending meetings with Pacific leaders next month at the Pacific...

The Marshall Islands finally make their soccer debut: ‘Such a statement for our tiny island’

The Marshall Islands finally make their soccer debut: ‘Such a statement for our tiny island’

It was not the typical reaction to a national team going down 4-0. But, of course, this was not a typical national team match. After the Marshall Islands conceded a fourth goal to the US Virgin Islands, the crowd came to its feet, some waving...

Marshall Islands make history with first-ever international soccer match

Marshall Islands make history with first-ever international soccer match

he Marshall Islands finally got off the mark in international soccer on Thursday and promptly lost 4-0 to the US Virgin Islands on a high school pitch in Arkansas, but not before making history as the world's newest national team. The remote...

Afternoon Newscast for Friday, August 22, 2025

Afternoon Newscast for Friday, August 22, 2025

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, August 22, 2025. -Arkansas appeals a judge's ruling blocking enforcement of a law requiring the Ten Commandments in state-run buildings -The Republic...

Marshall Islands make history with first-ever international football match

Marshall Islands make history with first-ever international football match

The Marshall Islands finally got off the mark in international football on Thursday and promptly lost 4-0 to the U.S. Virgin Islands on a high school pitch in Arkansas, but not before making history as the world's newest national team. The remote...

Marshall Islands plays its first international soccer match in Springdale

Marshall Islands plays its first international soccer match in Springdale

SPRINGDALE -- The Marshall Islands played in its first 11-per-side soccer match Thursday night, losing to the U.S. Virgin Islands 4-0 at Springdale High School's Bulldog Stadium. It was a historic occasion. The Republic of the Marshall Islands is...

Marshall Islands soccer team makes historic debut in Springdale

Marshall Islands soccer team makes historic debut in Springdale

History was made in Springdale as the Marshall Islands men’s national soccer team took the pitch for their first-ever international match at Gerald Williams Bulldog Stadium. The team, representing the last nation in the world without an official...

Marshall Islands, last country without a football team, play first 11-a-side game in U.S.

Marshall Islands, last country without a football team, play first 11-a-side game in U.S.

The Marshall Islands, the last country in the world without a football team, have played their first ever 11-a-side fixture. The Pacific Island nation, with a population of fewer than 40,000 inhabitants, played the US Virgin Islands in their first...

Marshall Islands soccer team made historic international debut in Springdale

Marshall Islands soccer team made historic international debut in Springdale

The Marshall Islands became the last nation to complete their national soccer team and competed in their first ever match Thursday evening. SPRINGDALE, Ark. — For the first time in the nation’s history, the Marshall Islands will have its own...

How to watch Man City vs Tottenham: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels

How to watch Man City vs Tottenham: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels

The Man City vs Tottenham live stream is a heavyweight clash this early in the Premier League 2025/26 season, not least after the sides won their respective opening fixtures 4-0 and 3-0. City purred in winning by four goals at Wolves. An Erling...

Out of the past: Aug. 22

125 Years Aug. 22, 1900 WANTED: Good horse for delivery purposes. Enquire at Abe Throckmorton’s grocery, north side public square. $5.00 reward will be given for names of miscreants who threw mud on my building on North Lane last night. J.W....

Connections: Marshall Islands Team To Make Global Debut

Connections: Marshall Islands Team To Make Global Debut

The Marshall Islands, which was the only United Nations-recognized country without a national soccer team, will debut its men’s team at the 2025 Outrigger Challenge Cup, hosted from Aug. 11-17 at Jarrell Williams Bulldog Stadium in Springdale. The...

Soccer-Marshall Islands make history with first-ever international football match

Soccer-Marshall Islands make history with first-ever international football match

(Reuters) -The Marshall Islands finally got off the mark in international football on Thursday and promptly lost 4-0 to the U.S. Virgin Islands on a high school pitch in Arkansas, but not before making history as the world's newest national team....

Meet the Fijian female engineers making their mark in Marshall Islands

Meet the Fijian female engineers making their mark in Marshall Islands

Thirty years ago, the presence of a female worker in the power plants in the Marshall Islands wasn't just unusual; it rarely occurred. Fast-forward to 2025, and five women engineers from Fiji are working for the Marshall Islands Energy Company in...

Outrigger Cup Challenge kicks off in Springdale; Marshall Islands soccer team to make its debut Thursday

Outrigger Cup Challenge kicks off in Springdale; Marshall Islands soccer team to make its debut Thursday

The Marshall Islands Soccer Federation is set to play its first international match at the 2025 Outrigger Challenge Cup in Springdale. SPRINGDALE, Ark. — The world’s newest national soccer team is hours away from making history. The Marshall...

The Marshall Islands gearing up for historic international soccer match

The Marshall Islands gearing up for historic international soccer match

Marshall Islands assistant manager Justin Walley admits the actuality of kicking off the country’s first ever international football match still feels like a dream. The Marshall Islands have long claimed to be “the last nation on earth without a...

The Marshall Islands gearing up for historic international football match

The Marshall Islands gearing up for historic international football match

Marshall Islands assistant manager Justin Walley admits the actuality of kicking off the country’s first ever international football match still feels like a dream. The Marshall Islands have long claimed to be “the last nation on earth without a...

Without public notice given a rocket was launched from Kodiak Island spaceport on Aug. 21

Without public notice given a rocket was launched from Kodiak Island spaceport on Aug. 21

Last night just after 10 p.m. a rocket was launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island, at Narrow Cape. Residents from around the island and even elsewhere in the state took to social media to share videos and reactions to...

Meet the Fiji female engineers making their mark in Marshall Islands

Meet the Fiji female engineers making their mark in Marshall Islands

By Eve Burns, of the Marshall Islands Journal Engineers from Fiji working for the Marshalls Energy Company in Majuro, from left; Vasiti Qolikoro, Lucy Tifere, Shannon Prakash, Alexandra Lutuni and Cheryl Shirley Photo: Eve Burns Thirty years ago,...

Youth ambassadors to visit Marshall Islands, Hawaii, Guam

Youth ambassadors to visit Marshall Islands, Hawaii, Guam

A group of 40 Taiwanese students aged 18 to 35 is to visit the Marshall Islands, Hawaii and Guam later this month, as part of an annual government-funded youth ambassadorship program, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said today. Department...

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