President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China’s president, Xi Jinping, about what the United States says was a Chinese spy balloon that a U.S. fighter jet shot down early this month after it transited the United States.

Businessman Damend Gounder has replaced Fiji Airways Chief Executive Andre Viljoen as the Chair of the Fiji Development Bank board.

Villagers of Tavualevu are calling on the Government to dredge the Nasivi River in order to curb the issue of flooding.

Flooding and disruption to traffic should be expected as an active trough of low pressure with associated clouds and rain affects the northern and western parts of Fiji.

A number of roads in the Western Division are now closed due to flooding.

The Rooster Chicken Fijiana Drua players are now officially contracted.

Democratic U.S. Senator John Fetterman, who flipped a Republican-held seat in last November’s elections just six months after suffering a near-fatal stroke, checked into a Washington-area hospital on Wednesday for treatment for clinical depression, his office said in a statement.

The Ministry of Education is ensuring students reach home safely as schools around the country are closed today due to adverse weather conditions.

Swire Shipping Fijian Drua head coach Mick Byrne is pleased with how the side performed in their final warm-up match last night against Western Force in Australia.

The Ministry of Home Affairs will soon be undertaking a defence review.

All football matches scheduled for this weekend has been postponed due to adverse weather condition.

The Fijian Elections Office will conduct an internal audit on the results management information system which governed the results process of the 2022 General Election.