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The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Sat, October 11)
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San Pedro football defeats Banning for a fifth consecutive Battle for the Harbor win
SAN PEDRO — Seth Solorio came into Friday’s Marine League meeting with Banning needing 150 yards to eclipse the 2,000-yard mark on the season. If the first quarter was any indication, Solorio might have had to put that record on pause. “We wanted...

Can B.C.’s forests cope with climate change?
Swaths of pine beetle-infested forest in Manning Park. It used to be that climate change was a nagging but distant concern for British Columbians, spurred by pictures of stranded polar bears and the sinking islands of Tuvalu. Then came the images...
News The Guardian ‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say
Climate and migration experts are calling for urgent action to create legal pathways for people displaced by the climate crisis, as a new report highlights the scale of the problem across the Pacific. Research by Amnesty International released on...

Pacific makes powerful impact at World Expo
The Pacific region is making a strong impression at this year's World Expo in Japan. Countries represented include Papua New Guinea, Sāmoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Palau, the Marshall Islands, Fiji, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, the Solomon...

All eyes on London as maritime industry readies to adopt first global carbon pricing scheme
Despite being far from perfect, the world’s first global carbon pricing scheme on any international polluter—global shipping— is expected to be adopted next week. Courtesy of IMO Countries will meet on October 14-17 for the Extraordinary Session...

Emergency Landing: Fiji Airways Boeing 737-800 Returns To Christchurch After Bird Strike
A Fiji Airways flight on Thursday, October 9, ended up circling the skies of Mid Canterbury after the Boeing 737-800 experienced a bird strike on departure. Fiji Airways flight 450 had departed from Christchurch Airport for the nearly four-hour...

Climate litigations escalating, cases being heard by Indian courts too: UN report
Climate litigation is now being pursued across more countries than before with India registering 14 similar cases so far, a new report has stated. India features among the countries in the Global South with an expanding climate litigation profile,...

Fiji’s Indigenous culture at risk
TUVALU continued their Futsal campaign. Today, they met the feisty boys from Port Vila who drew level with Solomon Islands yesterday. Early passes connected early for Michel Coulon and Kemly Lehi as Vanuatu mounted the pressure. Their attacking...

The illusion of the PNG treaty
On Monday, after an embarrassing hiccup in Port Moresby last month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Papua New Guinean counterpart, James Marape, signed a new Mutual Defence Treaty between Australia and PNG. Its key clause, Article 4(3),...

Christchurch soon to host major UN climate conference
Nearly 2,000 delegates will gather in Christchurch, New Zealand next week for the eighth Adaptation Futures Conference – the United Nations’ largest climate adaptation event. The conference, which runs from 14-17 October at Te Pae Christchurch...
Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-affected Pacific islanders
North and South Tarawa are seen from the air in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. 23 May 2013. Photo: Reuters / David Gray Amnesty International is asking the New Zealand government to create a new humanitarian visa for Pacific people...

Pacific set to lead at landmark climate adaptation conference
For the first time, Pacific nations will play a key role in shaping the global climate agenda as Christchurch prepares to host the world’s biggest adaptation conference. Regional experts are calling for Indigenous knowledge, economic sovereignty,...

Adaptation a matter of survival for Pacific communities, SI negotiator
APIA, 09 OCTOBER 2025 (SPREP)–Adaptation to the devastating impacts of climate change for Pacific communities is not an option, it is a matter of survival. As Pacific climate change negotiators gather in Samoa, a negotiator from the Solomon...

‘A matter of survival’: Amnesty International calls for urgent reform of Aotearoa's visa rules
Amnesty International warns that Pacific people facing climate-related challenges are being blocked from migrating to Aotearoa New Zealand due to discriminatory visa rules. The organisation’s new report, Navigating Injustice, highlights how...
The European Union and the Pacific Community boost border security in Marshall Islands with advanced X-Ray technology
Photo: European Union Ambassador Barbara Plinkert and Marshall Islands Minister Anthony Muller, key handover of the Airport X-ray machine The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) has received a state-of-the-art X-ray machine to reinforce border...

Daily Breeze football: Previews, key players in Friday’s Week 7 games
FRIDAY’S TOP GAMES Games start at 7 p.m., unless noted No. 3 Mira Costa (5-1, 1-0) at Culver City (3-3, 0-1) Outlook: The Mustangs didn’t get to play beyond the first quarter last week against Lawndale. A bullet was found on Mira Costa’s campus,...

Moses rushed in as duo ruled out of PM’s XIII vs PNG — Full teams for four-game blockbuster
Mitchell Moses has been rushed into the Australian Prime Minister’s XIII team for their clash with Papua New Guinea after two players were ruled out due to injury. Code Sports reported Moses, who was picked for the Kangaroos Ashes squad, will come...

Fixing New Caledonia’s health crisis
TUVALU played their first Futsal tournament today in a tough encounter against New Zealand. The New Zealanders had much to prove after going down 1-2 to the Solomon Islands on Saturday. New Zealand scored three minutes in Captain Dylan Manickum...

Discriminatory Migration System Fails Pacific People Facing Climate Change And Disasters
Press Release – Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand Amnesty Internationals recommendations to the Aotearoa New Zealand Government are to help people to migrate with dignity or, if they choose, to stay on their islands with dignity....