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FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 6: Heartbreak for Samoa as the Northern Mariana Islands Cling onto Semifinals Spot
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - There was a lot to play for at Stop 6 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania in Conference 2. With semi-finals quickly approaching, teams were desperate to get into the top two on the standings to secure a ticket. Women’s...
Fiji Women seal historic double: U23 World Cup and Commonwealth Games bound
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - Fiji's women's 3x3 team have etched their names into history, clinching direct qualification to both the FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup and the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games after being crowned champions of the Pacific Mini Games in...
STEM research program opens to Saipan high school students
Marianas Variety
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THE PSS CLDS TEAMS Program is excited to announce that the application for students is now available. Project Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and Twice-Exceptional Students Achieving and Matriculating in Science, Technology, Engineering, and...
Saipan Awaodori dancers head to Japan for 17th year of cultural exchange
Marianas Variety
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THE Saipan Awaodori dancers are set to depart for Japan on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, to once again join Awaodori performers in various cities, marking the team’s 17th year of participation in the country’s annual summer festivities. The young...
Guam’s Jordan Baden wins gold, shatters women’s 5K record at Mini Games
The Guam Daily Post
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With only three days remaining in the 12th Pacific Mini Games in Koror, Palau, Guam's mighty contingent earned five medals in athletics, baseball and judo. Two days ago, Guam's Jordan Baden won her first-ever medal while representing her island...
Tinian rules Liberation parade float competition
Marianas Variety
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WINNING first place and the prize of $5,000 in the annual float competition made the 79th Liberation Day Parade on Friday especially memorable for the Municipality of Tinian. Their float featured a roasting station with a whole cow, statues of...
Joint memorial service honors WWII fallen on Saipan
Marianas Variety
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A JOINT Catholic, Buddhist, and Shinto memorial service organized by Kuentai USA was held Monday at the Aqua Resort Club grounds in Achugao. The sixth memorial service honored Japanese and American military personnel who died during World War II...
Immigration arrests in San Francisco region up 77% since Trump took office
The Mercury News - California
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July 6, 2025
Since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests have shot up 77% in Northern California since the last year-plus of Joe Biden’s administration, according to recently released data from ICE. The...
Pacific Islands focus: deep sea mining, reproductive injustice and a new breast screen campaign
Croakey Health Media
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July 10, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: World leaders are calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining to prevent devastating and irreversible environmental harm. This week, governments are meeting in Jamaica at the 30th Session of the International Seabed...
Swimming prodigy Aleksenko rakes up six golds for Northern Mariana Islands
RNZ
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July 4, 2025
Isaiah Roger Aleksenko Photo: RNZ Pacific/Coco Lance Team Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) member Isaiah Aleksenko, 19, is leading the charge among Pacific swimmers at the Mini Games 2025. The swimming prodigy has emerged as a dominant force thus...
CNMI-Taiwan dialogue focuses on economic growth and education
Marianas Variety
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Director General Jerry S. Chang of the Taiwan Economic & Cultural Office of Hawaii and CNMI Sen. Celina R. Babauta in Hawaii. Contributed photo HONOLULU — CNMI Senator Celina Babauta met with Director General Jerry S. Chang of the Taipei Economic...
Jun Kawano, Tam A top July 4th 2-mile race
Marianas Variety
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JUN Kawano and Tam A were the first-place winners of the July 4th Independence Day 2-Mile Race 2025, hosted by Run Saipan and sponsored by Latte Built on Friday morning. The race began in front of the Latte Built gym on Beach Road in Chalan Kanoa,...
Fiji's 3x3 basketball teams secure gold and qualify for U23 World Cup and Commonwealth Games
RNZ
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July 9, 2025
Fiji men's (right) won against the Solomon Islands 19-18 in the 3x3 basketball competition at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau. 9 July 2025 Photo: Facebook / Team Fiji History was made in the inaugural 3x3 basketball competition at the 2025...
The D Brief: Chaos in Ukraine-aid pause; Russia’s biggest drone strike yet; Extremists attack weather radar; Israeli troops in Lebanon; And a bit more.
Defense One
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Trump’s Pentagon is under fire for not coordinating fully with the White House before halting recent weapons transfers to Ukraine, the Associated Press reported Tuesday evening, citing administration officials. Trump on Monday said he’d reversed...
Irish Examiner view: Beware this new race to the bottom of the ocean
Irish Examiner
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July 4, 2025
Space, as Captain Kirk used to remind us, is the “final frontier”. But the environment that might concern us most in the next 50 years is the ocean.As a country that has a long coastline, more than 7,500km of it, and extensive claims to the...
Guam's final medal haul at 20 as 2025 Pacific Mini Games wrap up
Pacific Daily News
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Guam’s final medal tally was at 20, including four gold, as the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau wrapped up on Wednesday. The island’s athletes are also bringing home nine silver and seven bronze. Tahiti dominated the Pacific Mini Games from June...
FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania powers into the weekend as medal race heats up
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - After three stops of 3x3 action, the inaugural FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania has already delivered history-making performances, nail-biters, and regional bragging rights in the making. With a rest day on Friday, all eyes...
Saipan Chamber of Commerce to meet this Wednesday; RSVP now
Marianas Variety
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(SCC) — The Saipan Chamber of Commerce reminds all members and guests to RSVP now for the July general membership meeting happening this Wednesday, July 2 at the Taga Hall of World Resort Saipan. This is a vital opportunity to receive real-time...
FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 2: Tonga Women and Solomon Islands Men Take the Win
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - Stop 2 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania, Conference 2 saw just as much action as Stop 1, with tense grind out battles in the women’s conference, and explosive shoot outs in the men’s. The Tahiti women’s team took out...
Triple J Motors launches Hyundai Santa Cruz on Saipan
Marianas Variety
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(Special Advertising Feature) — Triple J Motors is excited to introduce the all-new Hyundai Santa Cruz, Hyundai’s bold Sport Adventure Vehicle that combines the comfort of an SUV with the versatility of a pickup truck — now available on Saipan....