South Africans woke up in a jubilant mood and with some sore heads on Sunday, basking in the glory of back-to-back Rugby World Cup wins following their nail-biting 12-11 victory over old foes New Zealand in the 2023 final in Paris.

Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters stormed an airport in Russia’s predominantly Muslim Dagestan region, where a plane from Israel had just arrived, forcing security forces to close the airport and remove the demonstrators.

The Fiji Labour Party has strongly condemned the Coalition Government’s foreign policy, expressing concern over its support for human rights violations in Israel and China.

Liverpool forward Luis Diaz was left out of the squad for Sunday’s Premier League home game against Nottingham Forest after his parents were kidnapped in Colombia, with manager Juergen Klopp saying everyone at the club was worried.

Two men have been sentenced to four years and 11 months in prison for their involvement in a robbery against a taxi driver.

The death toll from a fire at a coal mine in Kazakhstan owned by ArcelorMittal (MT.LU) rose to 45, with emergency teams engaged in an operation to find one remaining miner believed to have been underground, emergency service officials were quoted as saying.

Mexico’s government on Sunday intensified efforts to get the stricken coastal city of Acapulco back on its feet as the toll of dead and missing from a record-breaking hurricane that ravaged the iconic beach resort continued to rise.

The cause of actor Matthew Perry’s death at his residence Saturday will require additional investigative steps by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office before reaching a conclusion, according to records from the agency.

Deputy Prime Minister and National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad states they have relayed their disagreement to the Prime Minister in relation to Fiji’s vote against a resolution at the United Nations calling for truce and ceasefire in Gaza to allow facilitation of humanitarian aid.

The Vodafone Fiji Bati’s thorough preparation, identification of areas of weakness, and diligent efforts to address them proved to be the cornerstone of their thrilling victory against the hosts, the PNG Kumuls, during the final pool round of the Pacific Championships yesterday.

Fiji has decided to withdraw from its participation in the Joint Statement on Human Rights Violations in Xinjiang, China, which was initially issued at the UN Third Committee on October 18th, 2023.

Fiji’s once-dominant rail cartage, which was 80 per cent of cane transported to the mills now hangs by a thread at 20 per cent.