Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Canberra wanted deeper ties with its Pacific neighbour Solomon Islands and a region where decisions are made “without fear”, as China also sent its envoy to Honiara to meet new Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele.

Residents of Nakabuta in Wainunu, Bua, are living in fear of being either buried or washed away due to the active landslide in the area.

Team Fiji White athlete Deborah Bulai won a bronze medal in the senior women’s hammer throw in the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championship currently underway at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva.

Minister for Trade, Co-operatives, Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications, Manoa Kamikamica visited the Singapore office of Google while attending the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Inaugural Investor Forum earlier this week.

Israel targeted a Gaza school on Thursday that it said contained an Hamas compound, killing fighters involved in the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the eight-month war, but Gaza media said the strike killed at least 27 people seeking shelter.

The Cabinet has endorsed the establishment of a steering committee to oversee the setting up of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Consultants from the US and UK are expected to visit the country soon to help shape Fiji’s growing outsourcing industry.

NBC is inserting some pop culture flavor into the world’s biggest sports spectacle: From Megan Thee Stallion dancing with dressage horses at the Palace of Versailles to Peyton Manning riding a giant baguette blimp over the Eiffel Tower, the network has strategically partnered with several big names to build anticipation for the Paris Olympics.

Ten years ago, Meghan Trainor was a successful songwriter, soon to become a hit pop performer in her own right. “All About That Bass” established the then 20-year-old as a new force channeling old sounds — a combination of doo-wop with contemporary pop hooks in a time dominated by big synths — and with something to say.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formally named him on Wednesday to lead a new coalition government for a third straight term, a day after it regained power with a surprisingly slim majority.

A police officer and a former reconciliation officer at a bank have been charged for multiple counts of money laundering amounting to over $200,000.

The government has taken a decisive step in combating narcotics with the endorsement of the National Counter Narcotics Strategy 2023 – 2028.