Landowners from Sigatoka are objecting to the proposed iron-sand mining project, saying their livelihoods, fishing rights and the area’s cultural heritage could be at risk.

Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica has rejected claims that proposed constitutional amendments are racist, insisting the changes address the interests of all Fijians.

President Donald Trump’s administration has revoked over 300,000 US visas during his second term, the State Department said as the federal government continues its sweeping immigration crackdown.

US envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin after what a US official called “constructive” talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Norway, as President Donald Trump ​said it was time for Ukraine to end the war.

For FIJI Water Flying Fijians’ new defense coach, David Ellis, the challenge is clear, and that is to bring greater structure to the defensive line.

SAF Combine Verata have been crowned Ajay Trading Rewa Regional Premier League champions after defeating Nausori United 2-0 in a tightly contested final.

The revival of the career of prodigious talent David Fifita has taken a giant leap forward, with the South Sydney second rower making his Australia debut against Fiji.

US-based explorers who voyaged to a tiny South Pacific island seeking to solve conclusively the 1937 disappearance of famed aviator Amelia Earhart have determined that an object they suspected was wreckage from ​her plane was a cluster of washed-up trees.

Three men charged with an act intended to cause grievous harm have been acquitted after the Suva High Court found insufficient evidence linking them to the alleged assault, while the first accused has been ordered to answer the charge.

Actors Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgard have both played eccentric characters before but say their new film, in which Skarsgard transforms into an Adonis woven from wicker, ​is “in quirkiness levels, quite high”.

The case involving a suspended police officer and his partner has been adjourned to next month, with the defence yet to file a bail application.

The Rarawai Sugar Mill will terminate crushing next Wednesday.