The Geological Mapping Workshop will greatly assist the government in reviewing and updating Fiji’s maps and information that were published between the late 1950s and the 1980s.

The first of a series of workshops on Change Management specifically designed for agencies involved in the Fiji Government’s Ease of Doing Business programme is now underway.

The giant canvas pink triangle that is one of the LGBTQ+ community’s Pride month symbols in San Francisco is bigger than ever this year. Volunteers said they are taking a stand for their rights amid a national pushback from conservative lawmakers.

Things have been topsy turvy lately on the roadsides of West African nations where cheap contraband petrol from Nigeria has abruptly doubled in price, upending an informal sector that is central to the region’s economic activity.

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu visited Russian troops involved in the military operation in Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported on Monday, his first public appearance since the weekend mutiny by the Wagner paramilitary group.

The Fiji Rugby Union could incur more loss than the $3.5m already known.

Hikers found human remains Saturday in a Southern California mountain area where actor Julian Sands disappeared five months ago, authorities said.

More than 9,000 assault cases have been recorded against women and girls in the last four years.

Team Fiji will be sending swimmers to this year’s Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.

Principal Strategic Lead-Pacific Women Mereseini Rakuita has highlighted the persistent and severe issue of intimate partner violence or family violence, labelling it as one of the most serious and widespread human rights violations today.

Japan has lodged a protest against Russia over the country’s decision to declare Sept. 3 a day of victory over “militaristic Japan” – a move it said would fan mutual antagonism, the top government spokesperson said on Monday.

The government needs to maintain the value-added tax exemptions on 21 essential consumer items.