Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad says the government is strictly focused on strong transparency and rigorous oversight of its spending.

Australia ruthlessly completed a 159-run victory over West Indies in the first test as Nathan Lyon swept up the tail after Josh Hazlewood’s five-wicket masterclass broke the hosts’ resistance on a pitch that deteriorated into a bowler’s paradise.

Former Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt was appointed coach of Dutch second-division club FC Dordrech, signing a one-season deal, the club said.

The Ministry of Trade, Cooperatives, MSMEs, and Communications has taken a steep $35 million budget cut, yet Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica says the $85 million allocation remains fit to drive economic goals.

Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ rights supporters are expected to attend the Budapest Pride march, defying a police ban as the event has become a symbol of the years-long struggle between Hungary’s nationalist government and civil society.

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has received a budget allocation of $10.8 million for the new financial year.

Glastonbury’s worst-kept secret is out. The mystery band billed as Patchwork were, in fact, Pulp. Still, no-one was prepared to believe it until it happened.

President Vladimir Putin said that Russia was looking to cut its military expenditure from next year, contrasting that with NATO’s plan to ramp up defence spending over the next decade.

National sports federations planning for a tour overseas in the new financial year can access the $5.3million set aside by the government.

This year’s national budget takes a deliberate expansionary stance to cushion Fiji from rising global risks and to respond to long-standing domestic needs.

ANZ Pacific Economist Kishti Sen states that the 2025-26 National Budget contributes by offering policy and legislative certainty.

UNAIDS has commended the Government’s bold allocation of $10 million in the new budget to intensify HIV response.