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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...

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,...

Fiji’s social media crackdown could threaten freedom of expression, critics warn
Fiji is considering tougher regulations for social media platforms due to growing concerns about cyberbullying, misinformation, and online abuse. The government is exploring new online safety laws for platforms like Facebook and YouTube, which may...

PIF leaders reach agreement on big issues, but unity remains elusive
he Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) wrapped up its annual leaders meeting last week with some significant agreements, including the launch of the region’s climate financing facility, the endorsement of the Ocean of Peace Declaration and policies on...

High on Health: Child Obesity Hits a New Record
A new UNICEF report reveals a dramatic shift in global child nutrition. For the first time, there are now more overweight and obese school-age children and adolescents than those who are underweight. Child obesity has become a worldwide problem,...

‘Should not be exclusive’: China warns Papua New Guinea over defence deal with Australia
Australia and Papua New Guinea say the mutual defence treaty will be signed after cabinet processes in both countries, following a delay this week. File | Photo Credit: AP China urged Papua New Guinea to maintain "mutually beneficial cooperation"...

More children now living with obesity — UNICE
One in five children and adolescents aged five to 19 years globally, numbering 391 million, are overweight, with a large proportion of them now classified as living with obesity, UNICEF has warned in a new report. The Child Nutrition Report 2025,...

China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence deal
China cautioned Papua New Guinea against "undermining" its interests and sovereignty in signing a mutual defence pact with Australia widely seen as a counter to Beijing's growing influence in the Pacific. Australia and Papua New Guinea this week...

Portugal to recognise a Palestinian state
Published On 20 Sep 202520 Sep 2025 Portugal has joined Australia, Canada, France and the United Kingdom in announcing plans to recognise a Palestinian state. In a statement on Friday, the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the...
Rugambwa to be laid to rest in Bukoba
BUKOBA: THE Catholic Church in Tanzania will on September 29, 2025 bid farewell to Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, a distinguished Vatican diplomat whose decades of service took him across the globe representing the Holy See. He will be laid to rest...

‘It’s visceral’: Albanese’s fear of anti-immigration rhetoric
Few headlines make Anthony Albanese anxious the way headlines about race and immigration do. He learnt that lesson as a senior minister during the Rudd and Gillard governments, after the dismantling of the Howard government’s controversial...
Catholic Church mourns Archbishop Rugambwa
BUKOBA: THE Catholic Church in Tanzania is mourning the loss of Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, a highly respected former Apostolic Nuncio and long-serving diplomat of the Holy See, who passed away last Tuesday, while receiving treatment at Gemelli...

Fewer stars, but potentially more open racing – how will the absence of several big names affect the Rwanda World Championships?
Whenever any country or region puts on a bike race, they hope they're going to attract some big names. The stars of the sport, those that even transcend cycling perhaps, have the ability to put an event on the map just by showing up, and can...

PIF leaders agrees to revitalize engagements with US
By Alfred Pagepitu Pacific Islands Forum leaders have agreed to revitalize engagements with the United States on nuclear legacy issues and the continuation of annual payments under the U.S. Tuna Treaty. Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and Prime...
How Australia’s climate target could stack up against the rest of the world
“That doesn’t mean the target is going to be 68 per cent,” Bowen said. “But it does frame the conversation.” Loading Scientists say the scale of warming since 2021, and increasing emissions since then, mean higher reductions are now required....

First treaty to protect marine life in high seas to take effect in January
The first-ever treaty to protect marine diversity in international waters will come into force early next year, after it was ratified by the 60th nation, Morocco. Morocco’s formal adoption of the Marine Biodiversity Treaty on Friday means the...

Mark Riley: After a foreign policy fortnight from hell, Albanese must lock in a meeting with Trump
At the end of his worst fortnight in foreign policy so far, Anthony Albanese now faces what could be his most important. And both two-week periods present lessons for him and his Government in the importance of expectation management. First, his...


UNICEF: Childhood Obesity Surpasses Underweight Worldwide
Join more than 5,000 readers who receive the latest news from THE VOICE in their inbox! Key Takeaways: Childhood obesity has doubled in 25 years, now topping 188M cases. Obesity exceeds underweight in nearly every region but Africa and South Asia....