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The Hotspot | ‘This may be our last chance’: rising sea levels threaten Kiribati’s World Cup dream
In today’s newsletter: the Pacific islands hoping to enter World Cup qualifying before ocean level increase wipes them from the map“This is not just about football, it’s about building something from scratch,” Eriati Reebo, the Kiribati football president, explains. “A legacy, a story, that the world will always remember. ”Kiribati, a group of Pacific islands south of Hawaii with 138,000 inhabitants, is seeking entry into World Cup qualifying for the 2030 tournament.
The Hotspot | ‘This may be our last chance’: rising sea levels threaten Kiribati’s World Cup dream
In today’s newsletter: the Pacific islands hoping to enter World Cup qualifying before ocean level increase wipes them from the map“This is not just about football, it’s about building something from scratch,” Eriati Reebo, the Kiribati football president, explains. “A legacy, a story, that the world will always remember. ”Kiribati, a group of Pacific islands south of Hawaii with 138,000 inhabitants, is seeking entry into World Cup qualifying for the 2030 tournament.
‘A Pavarotti rebirth’: the Samoan tenor taking over the world’s most gilded opera stages
Born on a tiny, impoverished South Pacific island, Pene Pati remembers going to school without food. Now he is performing in operas at La Scala and the MetAlong roads of scarlet hibiscus and exuberant tropical foliage are the white churches of Samoa. On Sundays the choir, singing in pure harmony, rises up to the cathedral ceilings in one soaring voice of divinity.
Solomons PM says to review secretive security pact with China
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Popular cruise line’s bikini crackdown could surprise passengers at island ports
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Annular solar eclipse 2027: everything you need to know about the 'ring of fire' on Feb. 6
Annular solar eclipse 2027: everything you need to know about the 'ring of fire' on Feb. 6 Here's where and when to see the 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse on Feb. 6, 2027 An annular solar eclipse will occur on Feb. 6, 2027, when the moon's cone-shaped central shadow will not quite reach Earth. The result will be a 'ring of fire' visible to those within a broad path across southern Chile, Argentina and coastal parts of West Africa. At the point of greatest eclipse in the Pacific, the...
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Loses Door at Remote Pacific Airport, Puzzling Engineers
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner suffered an unusual incident at one of the most remote airports in the world when one of its doors detached from the fuselage during ground handling. The event has left engineers searching for answers about how it happened. The aircraft was on the ground at the Mataveri Airport on Easter Island, located 3,759 km off the coast of South America.
A 'supereruption' transformed NZ 350,000 years ago—we now know how it happened
A 'supereruption' transformed NZ 350,000 years ago—we now know how it happened Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Some 350,000 years ago, the center of New Zealand's North Island appeared much different than the mountainous, scrub-covered landscape it is today. Amid a glacial period, temperatures were colder and conditions harsher.
Philippines earthquake kills 15, prompts tsunami fears: All to know
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