Three Greek firefighters died battling blazes during high winds on the island of Crete and the mainland as wildfires spread across Europe on Wednesday after days of devastating fires in Spain and France.

Five children have died from cancer in Fiji since the start of this year, while 64 others are currently battling the disease.

The Ministry of Health is calling for urgent international support as Fiji responds to a rapidly growing HIV outbreak, driven largely by methamphetamine use among young people.

Australia has taken part in the world’s largest naval training exercise with its Pacific neighbours, combining to curb the threat of further Chinese militarisation in the region.

The people of Munia on Avea Island in Vanuabalavu have regained ownership of their ancestral land after almost 200 years.

Pacific ICT ministers have endorsed regional artificial intelligence technology principles that will be presented to leaders for approval later this year.

French ​DJ and electropop musician ‌Kavinsky – who performed at the closing ceremony of the ​Paris Olympics – was found dead in his ​home in the French capital ⁠on Tuesday evening, the Paris ​prosecutor’s office said in a ​statement.

The Supreme Court case involving Veronica Malani has been adjourned after her newly appointed lawyer sought more time to review court documents.

Rescuers frantically searched for survivors on Wednesday, a day ​after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook southern Japan, killing at least 13 people, knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads across the region.

Fiji-born Australian weightlifter Eileen Cikamatana has delivered another impressive Commonwealth Games gold.

Fijians can now better understand how public funds are raised, managed and invested with the launch of the Citizens’ Guide to the National Budget 2026–2027.

The Yavusa Munia yesterday celebrated the return of the original freehold title to its 1,110-hectare ancestral land on Avea Island in Vanuabalavu, Lau, ending a 36-year wait under the Government’s Freehold Land Buyback Scheme.