World number two Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from this month’s Swiss Indoors championships in Basel due to injury, organisers said.

More than 90,000 visitors landed in Fiji last month.

Egypt agreed to reopen its border crossing with the Gaza Strip to allow aid to reach Palestinians, the U.S. said, as the humanitarian crisis worsened for the 2.3 million people trapped in the enclave and anti-Israel protests flared across the Middle East.

Fiji has acknowledged Australia’s partnership in the areas of border and cyber security and defence.

The Fiji government, through Investment Fiji, has engaged in initiatives to bolster investor confidence.

President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere has acknowledged the prevalent challenges of numerous vacant leadership positions in many provinces around the country.

Nausori Health Center is currently undergoing renovations which is expected to be completed in the next three months.

The Suva Taxi Association has welcomed the proposal for the removal of the Open Taxi Rank System by the Land Transport Authority.

NASA’s InSight lander detected the largest quake yet recorded on Mars, one with a 4.7 magnitude – fairly modest by Earth standards but strong for our planetary neighbour.

The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday that would have called for humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants to allow humanitarian aid access to the Gaza Strip.

As the Israel-Hamas war rages, regulators and analysts say a wave of online disinformation risks further inflaming passions and escalating the conflict in an electronic fog of war.

Fiji Rugby Union Interim Chair Peter Mazey has praised Fiji Water Flying Fijians coach Simon Raiwalui for the team’s performance at the Rugby World Cup in France.