News

Pacific Partnership Facility to help build climate resilience

Development partners are mobilizing support to help Fiji and the Pacific region access overseas development assistance.

March 14, 2023 12:01 pm
 

Entertainment

Oscars 2023: Guneet Monga and Achin Jain’s The Elephant Whisperers wins Documentary Short Film

Netflix’s The Elephant Whisperers bagged the first win for India at the 95th Oscars in Documentary Short Film category.

March 14, 2023 11:49 am
 

Sports

IOC hopes for backing from British Government

The International Olympic Committee has stated it hopes that the British Government will respect the autonomy of sport after its Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Lucy Frazer wrote to sponsors urging them to back a ban on Russia and Belarus.

March 14, 2023 11:45 am
 

World

Turkey's quake toll tops 48,000 as government races to build container cities

The death toll in Turkey from last month’s major earthquakes has risen to 48,448, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said, as authorities rush to set up container cities to house for the longer term those left homeless by the disaster.

March 14, 2023 11:21 am
 

World

Iran pardons 22,000 people who took part in protests

Iranian judicial authorities have pardoned 22,000 people who took part in anti-government protests, judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said, according to the official IRNA news agency.

March 14, 2023 10:40 am
 

World

'I lost everything': Cyclone Yaku unleashes destruction in Peru

Powerful Cyclone Yaku has unleashed torrents of rain on Peru’s northern region in recent days, burying homes and cars in mud and leading to the deaths of at least six people.

March 14, 2023 10:20 am
 

Entertainment

Sanjay Dutt bags third part of Hera Pheri confirms Shetty

One of the biggest developments in Indian cinema so far this year is that the third part of Hera Pheri is all set to roll very soon.

March 14, 2023 10:20 am
 

News

Women and girls online safety is crucial: Tabuya

Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Lynda Tabuya has reaffirmed government’s role in ensuring women and girls have access to safe and productive online experience at an affordable cost.

March 14, 2023 10:01 am
 

World

SVB shock could have chilling effect on British biotech sector

HSBC (HSBA.L)’s rescue of the British arm of Silicon Valley Bank saved the heavily-exposed UK biotech sector from collapse, but the fallout could hamper funding in a sector the government sees as key to future economic growth, industry executives said.

March 14, 2023 9:36 am
 

News

Alleged assault victim dies in hospital

A 40-year-old man has died at the Lautoka Hospital after being allegedly assaulted.

March 14, 2023 9:33 am
 

Entertainment

For Asian Americans, Yeoh, Quan’s Oscar wins are theirs too

Edward Dion Fariñas watches the Academy Awards every year but the Filipino American didn’t expect to have such a visceral reaction when hearing Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh’s awards announced.

March 14, 2023 9:33 am
 

Business

Volkswagen: no rush to decide on new European battery plants

Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE) battery needs are covered until 2028 by its three confirmed factories in Europe – the Salzgitter plant in Germany, Northvolt’s plant in Sweden and a planned plant in Valencia, board member Thomas Schmall said.

March 14, 2023 8:33 am

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