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How to watch Conference League 2025/26: live stream options, TV channels, free streams
Watch 2025/26 Conference League live streams to see clubs from England, Italy, Spain, France and all across the continent do battle for European silverware. Just the fifth edition of the revamped version of UEFA's third competition, English clubs...

Commonwealth takes Nauru bank service
THE University of the South Pacific (USP) is proud to announce that five of its academics have been recognised among the world’s Top 2% scientists by Stanford University for 2025. This prestigious ranking identifies researchers whose work is among...

Morning Mail: Alarm at Nauru detention contract price rise; LIV golf course plan threatens Indigenous site; Albanese backs Starmer
Good morning. We lead today with revelations that a US private prisons operator will be paid $790m to hold just over 100 people on Nauru after the government expanded its contract in a decision called “absurd” by critics. In South Australia, a...

‘We had to be bold and innovative to save our economy’: Nauru president
YAREN (Nauru Government/Pacnews) — Nauru President David Adeang has revealed for the first time that when he was elected president three years ago, he received advice from the government’s finance department that the nation was in “serious...

How to watch Newcastle vs Arsenal: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels, preview, team news
The Newcastle vs Arsenal live stream feels like an important game for both clubs, despite it being so early in the Premier League season. With just a solitary win over Wolves and only three goals scored from their five league games, it’s been a...

Newcastle v Arsenal Live TV – Global channel listings on Sunday for St James’ Park clash
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Newcastle v Arsenal Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Sunday (4.30pm (UK) kick-off). The Newcastle United players looking to follow up...

Can I watch Chelsea vs Brighton on TV? Live stream Premier League 2025/26 game today, TV channels, preview
The Premier League continues this weekend, and the highlight of the 3pm kick-offs is undoubtedly Brighton’s trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. The Seagulls were torn apart by Cole Palmer in the same fixture 12 months ago, but Fabian Hürzeler...

How to watch New Zealand vs Australia: FREE Rugby Championship 2025 streams, TV schedule, preview, teams
The Rugby Championship 2025 has been nothing short of extraordinary thus far, with all four teams locked on two wins and two defeats apiece and only varying bonus points separating the sides. That it comes down to two Bledisloe Cup matches between...

PNG approves contentious defence treaty with Australia: PM
Agence France-Presse . Sydney, Australia 02 October, 2025, 22:58 Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has approved a contentious mutual defence treaty with Australia, the Pacific country’s prime minister said Thursday, as Canberra seeks to deepen ties with...

Tauranga powerlifting coach joins NZ team
Tauranga powerlifting trainer Mike Jones will be one of 16 coaches wrangling 110 Kiwi athletes at the Oceania Regional Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships in Christchurch from November 17 to 20. Selected to be the assistant coach for the...

‘We are Micronesia’ declared as Nauru prepares for inaugural Micronesia Festival
Miss Nauru - Charlei Deiye YAREN — Nauru is set to host a celebration of Micronesia through music and pageantry at the inaugural Micronesia Musical Festival and Miss Micronesia Pageant that will run from Oct. 6 to 9, 2025. The major cultural event...

Phosphate mining ruined Nauru. Can it find its way again?
Imagine being one of the world’s richest countries – but amassing all of that wealth by exploiting a single resource that’s soon to run out. That was the conundrum facing the Pacific island nation of Nauru in the 1970s. Once the world’s top...

Bournemouth v Newcastle Live TV – Global channel listings on Sunday
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Bournemouth v Newcastle Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Sunday (2pm (UK) kick-off). The Newcastle United players looking to make it consecutive...

How to watch Arsenal vs Man City: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels, preview, team news
The Arsenal vs Man City live stream will teach us plenty about where these two Premier League teams stand. Arsenal won this fixture 5-1 last season, but they still fell short in the title race. Mikel Arteta's men are desperate to finish top of the...

Pacific Islands focus: health and gender inequities, climate updates, and some hope for marine biodiversity
Introduction by Croakey: In breaking news on Thursday, Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has approved a landmark defence agreement with Australia. PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape said the agreement, known as the PukPuk treaty, “will elevate the two...

Can I watch Wolves vs Leeds on TV? Live stream Premier League 2025/26 game today, TV channels, preview
The Wolves vs Leeds United live stream features Vítor Pereira’s side still searching for their first points of the 2025/26 Premier League season. As has become all too familiar in recent years, Wolves have made a sluggish start to the campaign,...

How to watch Brighton vs Tottenham: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels, team news
Today's Brighton vs Tottenham live stream sees Spurs bidding to end their recent poor run against the Seagulls and secure a third straight Premier League away win. Brighton may have only won one of their opening four league games, but that victory...

Nauru charts bold path toward 2028 Micronesia Games
Micronesian Games Council officials and members pose for a photo with Nauru government and sports officials during a meeting to discuss the 2028 Micronesian Games. Contributed photo YAREN, Nauru — On Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, the Republic of Nauru...

How to watch Champions League 2025/26: live stream options, TV channels, free games
Watch Champions League 2025/26 live streams as Paris Saint-Germain attempt to successfully defend the title they won courtesy of a 5-0 thumping of Inter Milan in last season’s final. The revamped Champions League proved to be a huge success last...

How to watch Australia vs Argentina: FREE Rugby Championship 2025 streams, TV schedule, preview
It's safe to assume both the Wallabies and the Pumas learned plenty from last weekend's thriller. Argentina had led 21-7 at half-time, but couldn't cope with Australia after the interval, with Angus Bell crossing the whitewash in the 85th minute...