Natural Disaster

Heavy rain warning for parts of Fiji

A heavy rain alert has been issued for Yasawa and Mamanuca Group, Western and Northern Viti Levu.

January 18, 2023 11:07 am
 

Football

Elliott stunner fires Liverpool into fourth round

Liverpool claimed their first win since the turn of the year as Harvey Elliott’s stunning strike proved enough to beat Wolves 1-nil in their FA Cup third-round replay.

January 18, 2023 10:43 am
 

World

Afghans braving severe cold face stark choice- food or warmth

The youngest of Shah Ibrahim Shahin’s children sit huddled next to each other on the thin “toushaks” – traditional Afghan floor mattresses – trying to stay warm amid freezing weather. The adults, wrapped in thread-bare woollen clothes, surround them in a small chilly room, which makes up the entirety of their home, in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan.

January 18, 2023 10:43 am
 

Football

Man charged with assaulting Arsenal goalkeeper

A man has been charged with assaulting Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale after Monday’s match away to Tottenham.

January 18, 2023 10:36 am
 

Entertainment

Sally Field to receive SAG lifetime achievement award

Sally Field will be honored at the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards with the SAG lifetime achievement award.

January 18, 2023 10:22 am
 

Entertainment

Madonna unveils 2023 North America and European tour dates

Madonna will “Take a Bow” with a new tour through North America and Europe starting this summer that will be a “Celebration” of the pop icon’s hits, which include 38 songs in the Billboard Hot 100.

January 18, 2023 10:18 am
 

Entertainment

Lisa Marie Presley’s memorial to be held at Graceland

A public memorial has been planned at Graceland for Lisa Marie Presley.

January 18, 2023 10:06 am
 

World

Republican candidate arrested in shootings of Democrats' homes in New Mexico

An unsuccessful Republican state House candidate in New Mexico was arrested on Monday and accused of orchestrating recent shootings at four local elected officials’ homes, the Albuquerque Police Department said.

January 18, 2023 10:04 am
 

Business

Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged

A 2016 video that Tesla (TSLA.O) used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer.

January 18, 2023 10:02 am
 

Climate Change

Outcry over Japan’s plan to release Fukushima Wastewater

The Pacific Islands Forum is standing by its call for Japan to hold off on its plans to release more than a million tonnes of wastewater contaminated by the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean.

January 18, 2023 9:52 am
 

World

California rainstorm death toll reaches 20

The parade of atmospheric rivers that pounded California for three weeks finally faded, enabling the state to begin lengthy repairs to roads and levees as the White House announced President Joe Biden planned to survey the damage.

January 18, 2023 9:45 am
 

Business

Flight Attendants Union waiting on Fiji Airways meeting

The Fiji Flight Attendants Union is now waiting to hold a meeting with Fiji Airways on the reinstatement of its members who were terminated in 2020.

January 18, 2023 9:40 am

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