World

Journalists among the injured in LA as ICE protests grow violent

Journalists have been among those injured during protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles in recent days, as police clashed with crowds of protesters and fired less-lethal munitions to disperse them.

June 12, 2025 12:15 pm
 

Entertainment

Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died at 82.

June 12, 2025 12:13 pm
 

Weightlifting

Elder confident of lifters capabilities

Weightlifting Fiji head coach Henry Elder is confident his athletes have what it takes to secure a podium finish at the upcoming Pacific Mini Games in Palau later this month.

June 12, 2025 12:10 pm
 

News

Expo opens market access for women

The Central Division Women’s Expo in Suva is providing a crucial platform for women entrepreneurs to showcase their businesses and strengthen their economic independence.

June 12, 2025 11:55 am
 

World

Troops in LA can detain individuals, military official says, as protests spread across US

U.S. troops deployed in Los Angeles are authorized to detain people until police can arrest them, their commanding officer said on Wednesday, as hundreds of Marines prepared to move into the city as it entered a sixth day of protests.

June 12, 2025 11:44 am
 

Entertainment

Disney, Universal sue image creator Midjourney for copyright infringement

Walt Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab and Comcast’s (CMCSA.O), opens new tab Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a “bottomless pit of plagiarism” for its use of the studios’ best-known characters.

June 12, 2025 11:09 am
 

Football

US begins uneasy World Cup countdown as Trump moves Marines to Los Angeles

U.S. cities hosting next year’s FIFA World Cup faced questions on Wednesday about how to reassure international fans concerned by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and travel ban as the year-to-go countdown began.

June 12, 2025 11:02 am
 

World

Israeli gunfire, airstrikes kill 60 in Gaza, many near aid site, medics say

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 60 Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday, most of them near an aid site operated by the U.S- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the centre of the enclave, local health officials said.

June 12, 2025 10:43 am
 

Football

FIFA celebrates one year to go until World Cup 26™

On 11 June 2026, the world will come together in North America for the kick-off of the FIFA World Cup 26™.

June 12, 2025 10:34 am
 

Entertainment

‘Lilo & Stitch’ cruises to No. 1 again; John Wick spinoff ‘Ballerina’ dances to 2nd place

In the box office showdown between a deadly assassin and a chaotic CG alien, “Lilo & Stitch” still had the edge.

June 12, 2025 9:53 am
 

News

Driver to front court following fatal accident

The driver alleged to have caused the death of a woman following a motor vehicle accident in the Northern Division has been charged.

June 12, 2025 9:50 am
 

Fire

Fire damages bus and truck at Raiwaqa garage

A fire that broke out early this morning along Grantham Road in Raiwaqa has damaged a bus and a truck at a shared garage used by Interlink and Raiwaqa Buses.

June 12, 2025 9:28 am

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