At least 15 Nepali workers were killed when an avalanche buried a mountain ​camp they were preparing in central Nepal for ‌foreign climbers, a rescue official said on Thursday, in the deadliest incident of the Autumn climbing season ending this month.

The 2026 Hibiscus Festival generated more than $823,000 but Suva City Council received no direct venue hire income from Albert Park.

Two concerts by US rapper Kanye West in Russia that had been scheduled for October have been cancelled, the show’s ​organiser, Say Agency, said.

Bolivia’s Attorney General Roger Mariaca has been arrested two days after the United States revoked his visa and accused him of accepting bribes to facilitate drug ​trafficking, the country’s Interior Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo said on Thursday.

Fiji now has a legal framework for holding a national referendum after Parliament unanimously passed the National Referendum Bill 2025.

Opposition MPs say key rules governing Fiji’s first referendum remain unclear, despite Parliament unanimously passing the new law.

The US Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to hear a dispute over a policy by President Donald Trump’s administration that subjects millions of immigrants who entered the United States illegally to mandatory detention during their ​deportation proceedings.

Fourteen-year-old Grace Khelan is making her mark in the region after winning three medals at a major swimming championship in New Zealand earlier this week.

Balenciaga creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli showed colourful tailoring and minimalist sneakers in his Summer 2027 collection at Paris Fashion Week on ​Thursday, a year on from his debut for the brand he is seeking to breathe new life into.

A growing number of people think social media manipulates and divides people and harms democracy, Pew Research Center said ​on Thursday, echoing rising concern and tighter scrutiny across ‌the world.

Visiting Australian FOOTBALL club Thornleigh Thunder FC will test the Fiji FA Suva Academy’s Under-16 girls and boy’s teams in a series of friendly matches at the Fiji FA Academy Ground in Vatuwaqa.

Candidates will face a $100,000 campaign spending cap, while political parties will be limited to $4 million under the  new political finance rules.