Forest fires raging in central Chile have killed at least 51 people and the death toll is likely to keep climbing, authorities said on Saturday, as emergency services battled to snuff out flames threatening urban areas.

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka while addressing the 3rd EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum noted the existential crisis faced by the Blue Pacific due to the impacts of climate change.

Austin Reaves scored 14 points in the fourth quarter Saturday night as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers completed a comeback and snapped the New York Knicks’ nine-game winning streak with a 113-105 victory.

A woman has passed away following a road accident on Nadi Back Road.

The Health Ministry’s Head of Wellness has stressed the importance of mitigating cancer risk factors.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Forestry and the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs held a meeting at the Forestry Training Centre in Colo-i-Suva to explore collaboration opportunities for the benefit of resource owners in the fisheries and forestry sectors.

Carl Weathers, a former NFL line-backer who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies, facing-off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and teaching golf in Happy Gilmore, has died. He was 76.

Large swaths of Australia on Sunday sweltered through a heatwave as authorities warned of elevated bushfire risk in an already high-risk fire season during an El Nino weather pattern.

Police officers in the Northern Division uprooted a total of 1705 green plants suspected to be marijuana.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday won the South Carolina Democratic primary — the first officially sanctioned race of the party’s nominating season — with early returns showing him dominating two other candidates, according to Edison Research projections.

The Health Ministry has disclosed a shortage of dieticians, reporting only 109 professionals available to address the growing population facing Non-Communicable Diseases.

A low pressure system located south of Samoa, was numbered as Tropical Disturbance TD06F at 6am this morning.