Entertainment

Mick Jagger, strutting at 80, teases new album and more touring

How does it feel for Mick Jagger to be back on tour singing, dancing and strutting across stadium concert stages at 80 years old?

June 6, 2024 11:14 am
 

Business

McDonald's loses Chicken Big Mac trademark in Europe

McDonald’s (MCD.N), opens new tab does not have the exclusive right to the term “Big Mac” for poultry products in Europe after five straight years of not using it, the region’s second top court said on Wednesday, handing a partial win in a long-running trademark dispute to the U.S. fast-food chain’s Irish rival Supermac’s.

June 6, 2024 11:04 am
 

World

Stanford students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest that took over president's office

More than a dozen people were arrested at Stanford University in California on Wednesday after pro-Palestinian student protesters barricaded themselves inside the office of the school president, the latest clash between U.S. students and authorities over the Israel-Gaza conflict.

June 6, 2024 10:57 am
 

Football

Mbappe on target as France grab 3-0 friendly win over Luxembourg

France strolled to a comfortable 3-0 win over Luxembourg in a pre-Euro 2024 friendly in Metz on Wednesday as striker Kylian Mbappe sealed the win after delivering two assists.

June 6, 2024 10:47 am
 

News

USP reaches salary agreement with staff unions

An agreement has been reached between the University of the South Pacific, the Association of the University of the South Pacific Staff, and the University of the South Pacific Staff Union regarding salary negotiations.

June 6, 2024 10:38 am
 

News

FijiFirst rift deepens

The rift within FijiFirst continues as disputes over the legality of maintaining 17 of its members of parliament as opposition MPs are in contention.

June 6, 2024 10:30 am
 

Court

Man charged for alleged fraud

A 28-year-old man from Tavakubu in Lautoka has been charged for allegedly dishonestly obtaining $200 through the mobile money transfer app.

June 6, 2024 10:00 am
 

Business

Fiji's service exports soar beyond pre-pandemic levels

The ANZ Research team in its latest Pacific Insight states that Fiji’s service exports rose past the pre-pandemic level last year.

June 6, 2024 9:54 am
 

News

Journalists head to Hawaii for Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture

Seven journalists flew to Hawaii yesterday and will be covering the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture, which starts today.

June 6, 2024 9:44 am
 

World

Australia drops court action against Musk's X over church stabbing posts

Australia’s cyber safety regulator decided to drop a legal challenge against Elon Musk-owned X over the removal of videos of the stabbing of an Assyrian church bishop in Sydney, after a setback last month in the federal court.

June 6, 2024 9:08 am
 

FIFA U20 Womens World Cup

Pool of death for Fiji women’s U20

Fiji is pooled alongside Brazil, Canada and France in pool B for the 11th edition of the FIFA Under 20 Women’s World Cup to be held in Colombia later this August.

June 6, 2024 7:35 am
 

World

Biden imposes sweeping asylum ban at US-Mexico border

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday instituted a broad asylum ban on migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a major enforcement move in the run-up to November elections that will decide control of the White House.

June 6, 2024 7:34 am

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