NFL Week 5 picks, predictions, schedule, odds, fantasy tips

The Week 5 NFL schedule for the 2025 season brings some exciting matchups. Browns rookie QB Dillon Gabriel is making his NFL debut in London against the Vikings. Old teammates in Carolina, QBs Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold, will face off again in...

What Pacific Island leaders told the UN General Assembly about climate, conflict and peace

A banner at UN Headquarters on the second day of the general debate of the General Assembly’s eightieth session. Photo: UN Photo / Loey Felipe Pacific Island leaders took turns addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York,...

Girls volleyball: Road-weary Morgan secures region title in sweep at Ogden

1 / 9 Morgan High girls volleyball players celebrate a point against Ogden on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in Ogden. BRIAN WOLFER, Special to the Standard-Examiner 2 / 9 Ogden High's Taylor Duke connects with the volleyball during a match against...

Growth in the Pacific to accelerate to 4.1 percent in 2025,...

Economic growth in the Pacific is projected to accelerate to 4.1 percent in 2025 and moderate to 3.4 percent in 2026, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) September 2025, the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) flagship economic...

October Things to Do: Performance

Want more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, This & That. OUT THERE, Velocity Dance Festival Oct 2–11 As Lady Gaga once said, “Category is dance… or die.” So go see some...

Key reason for Australia, PNG war treaty

History demonstrates that any attack on Papua New Guinea would always engage Australia’s national interest, Defence Minister Richard Marles said in explaining a key reason propelling the dramatic new mutual defence treaty with the close Pacific...

Morning Mail: Nauru asylum seekers ‘going hungry’, ATO hunt for old debts, UK synagogue attack

Morning everyone. It seems the vast cost of holding refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru – about $1.5m paid out per year to an American prisons operator for every detainee – is not enough to keep hunger at bay, with many telling us they can’t...

Earth Is Getting Darker, Literally, and Scientists Are Trying To Find Out Why

🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. It’s not the vibes; Earth is literally getting darker. Scientists have discovered that our planet has been...

Your Guide to Can’t-Miss Houston Arts & Culture: October 2025 Edition

We know Alhambra Palace isn't in Houston. Keep reading, it'll make sense. Bored in Houston? Sounds like a you problem. There’s never not something going on in this big, bold, and bizarre city of ours. Every month, just because we’re all pals here,...

PM Eke meets Trump during UNGA80, amid US climate skepticism

Prime Minister Dr ‘Aisake Eke has met US President Donald Trump in New York. Last last month, during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Trump and the First Lady hosted Hon. Eke and other leaders at the Lotte on Madison...

10K support to enhance cancer fight

Fiji Cancer Society received $10,000 today from the Tanoa Hotel Group to commemorate the beginning of Pinktober in the country. Through a Pinktober walk gathering organized by the Tanoa Hotel Group at MySuva Park, the group’s area General Manager,...

10 books to read in October

Reading List 10 books for your October reading list If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Challenges we all face — in one form or another — are reflected...

Patriots vs. Panthers snap counts: Christian Gonzalez doesn’t skip a beat in season debut

At 11:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, it became official. Two full months after sustaining a hamstring injury, Christian Gonzalez was set to make his season debut against the Carolina Panthers. The New England Patriots’ standout cornerback was not listed...

How Israel could retaliate against allies who recognised Palestine

The future of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem could rest on Monday’s meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, in which they are expected to discuss Israel’s furious response to a wave of...

'Dictatorship Model' - Te Pāti Māori slammed by hīkoi leader

Te Pāti Māori have been accused of operating a "dictatorship model" as Toitū Te Tiriti, one of its closest allies, cuts ties with the party. The comments came from the organisation's spokesperson Eru Kapa-Kingi who said the movement is taking...

Townsend having his cake and eating it with Red Bull side hustle

Having spent the summer on secondment with the British & Irish Lions, David Nucifora was in no real position to refuse when Gregor Townsend sought permission to take on a side hustle to his role as Scotland head coach. But by agreeing to Townsend...

Pacific news in brief for 29 September

A Vanuatu police truck in the capital, Port Vila. Photo: RNZI / Jamie Tahana Vanuatu - attack Two police officers were hospitalised in Vanuatu following an attack last week. The Vanuatu Daily Post reported the officers had responded to a call...

Patriots-Panthers film review: How Drake Maye, Mike Vrabel bounced back with a blowout win

All week, Mike Vrabel’s message to the Patriots was get back to basics. Well, how about back to butt-kicking? The Patriots whooped the Panthers on Sunday, out-coaching and out-playing them in a way they hadn’t beaten anyone in almost four years....

Tuesday briefing: A roadmap for peace in Gaza – or an ultimatum?

Good morning. At the White House yesterday, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu marked their shared “peace plan” for Gaza by giving two entirely different press conferences at the same time. To Trump, it was the ushering in of “eternal peace”: the...

Earth is getting darker, NASA warns. What does that mean for us?

News According to NASA data, Earth is reflecting less and less sunlight. Here are the potential consequences of that. Image: IDG The Earth is reflecting less and less sunlight into space, especially in the Northern Hemisphere. The decline over the...