Vatuwaqa Rugby has received a significant boost ahead of their 2025 sea-son, thanks to continued support from major sponsor Flick Hygiene.

The National Disaster Management Office is intensifying its collaboration with municipalities, particularly those vulnerable to flooding, to create comprehensive disaster risk management plans.

The Ministry of iTaukei Affairs, Online Safety Commission, and Ministry of Communications are aware of the defacement of the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs’ Facebook page by unauthorized users.

A Russian attack killed at least 19 people including nine children in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, local officials said, but Russia’s Defence Ministry said it targeted a military gathering there.

Netball Fiji has unveiled its final 35-member extended Baby Pearls squad as preparations intensify for the Netball World Youth Cup in Gibraltar this September.

Fiji’s economic resilience depends on the success of small and medium enterprises, and removing barriers to their growth is crucial.

A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador back to the United States within three days, the latest legal setback for the administration’s hardline deportation policies.

Indigenous protests and poor roads have disrupted shipping of Brazil’s bumper soybean crop in recent days via the river port of Miritituba in the Amazon rainforest, worrying global companies including Cargill and Bunge (BG.N), opens new tab which have important operations.

Syria welcomed a United Nations resolution on Friday to investigate violations and improve the country’s human-rights record following the 13-year civil war waged by former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Global stock markets plummeted further on Friday after China said it would strike back at U.S. President Donald Trump with additional tariffs of 34% on U.S. goods, escalating a trade war that has rattled investors and fed fears of a coming recession.

The government has met with the US officials in Fiji to voice concerns over a newly imposed 32% tariff on Fijian goods.

Affordability and accessibility are major obstacles preventing many Fijians from obtaining insurance, particularly in the health sector.