At least 59 people died, including 12 children, when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near the southern Italian coast early on Sunday, authorities said.

New Zealand will launch an international fundraising appeal for the massive reconstruction work needed after Cyclone Gabrielle tore across the country’s north earlier this month, forcing thousands of people into shelters and killing eleven.

The Minister for Finance says the country’s high level of debt is due to mismanagement and wastage of funds.

A second member of Korea’s BTS – the first K-pop band nominated for a Grammy – has begun the enlistment process for mandatory military service, a management official confirmed on Monday, two months after the group’s oldest member began his service.

The National Fire Authority has reported that approximately 128 homes are lost to fires every year, with an average of 11 homes per month.

Three former Flying Fijians players will assist new Head Coach Simon Raiwalui for the Rugby World Cup in France this year.

Abel Camillo, the member of the We Unite Fiji Party charged with a malicious act, appeared in the Nadi Magistrates Court today.

Dimension-hopping adventure “Everything Everywhere All at Once” grabbed the top movie trophy at the Screen Actors Guild awards, a major predictor of success at next month’s Oscars.

Pacific Energy South West Pacific has been announced as the new sponsor for the upcoming Global Recycling Day celebrations in March.

The Fiji Airways Men’s team has moved into the top four of the World Sevens Series.

A youth entrepreneur has brought to life a vision to introduce cycling as a mode of sustainable transportation and to address traffic congestion in Fiji.

Youngster Meredani Qoro will make her debut for the Fiji Airways Fijiana in the upcoming Vancouver 7s tournament.