World

Three killed in Wisconsin school shooting, including shooter

A juvenile student killed two people at a Wisconsin school before police found the suspect dead at the scene of the latest shooting to devastate a U.S. campus, authorities said.

December 17, 2024 11:35 am
 

Business

TikTok turns to US Supreme Court in last-ditch bid to avert ban

TikTok made a last-ditch effort on Monday to continue operating in the United States, asking the Supreme Court to temporarily block a law intended to force ByteDance, its China-based parent company, to divest the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban.

December 17, 2024 11:30 am
 

Entertainment

Former TV host Carlos Watson gets nearly 10 years in prison in case about failed startup Ozy Media

Former talk show host Carlos Watson was sentenced Monday to nearly 10 years in prison in a federal financial conspiracy case that cast his once-buzzy Ozy Media as an extreme of fake-it-’til-you-make-it startup culture.

December 17, 2024 10:39 am
 

World

Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured victims with offers of romance, then pressed them to hand over cash for phoney cryptocurrency investments.

December 17, 2024 10:33 am
 

Health

Mother-to-child HIV transmission preventable

Consultant Pediatrician at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Dr. Priya Kaur says that health literacy makes a lot of difference when it comes to HIV.

December 17, 2024 10:16 am
 

Entertainment

These three new sports dramas punch above their weight

The sports movie, like any genre, can easily fall victim to overly familiar story beats.

December 17, 2024 9:37 am
 

News

Organisations laud carbon roadmap

First Nations Fiji Resources Foundation chairperson Dr Akanisi Kedrayate says Fiji’s National Carbon Market Strategy Roadmap demonstrates the country’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions.

December 17, 2024 9:22 am
 

World

Women held as sex slaves in Sudan's South Kordofan

Women from Sudan’s South Kordofan state have been repeatedly raped and some held as sex slaves by fighters from the warring Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias, Human Rights Watch said in a report published.

December 17, 2024 9:16 am
 

Boxing

Exciting year ahead for amateur boxing

Fiji Amateur Boxing coach Cam Todd is planning to take a team to the United States of America in April next year.

December 17, 2024 8:43 am
 

Football

Bournemouth's Unal rescues point with superb strike against West Ham

Bournemouth’s Enes Unal equalised with a stunning free-kick as the hosts earned a 1-1 draw after West Ham United’s Lucas Paqueta scored a late penalty for what looked the winner in a Premier League clash of missed opportunities this morning.

December 17, 2024 8:36 am
 

World

Rescuers comb debris for survivors, count dead in cyclone-hit Mayotte

Emergency workers searched for survivors and battled to restore services in Mayotte, France’s poorest overseas territory, where hundreds or even thousands, are feared dead from the worst cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean islands in nearly a century.

December 17, 2024 8:28 am
 

News

Poisoned Australian travellers return from Fiji

A mother and daughter are believed to be recovering back on Australian soil following a suspected poisoning in Fiji which hospitalised them and several others.

December 17, 2024 8:17 am

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