Actor Tom Cruise, known for movies from “Risky Business” to “Top Gun,” will ​receive the American Film Institute’s Life ‌Achievement Award at a Hollywood ceremony in April, organizers said on Wednesday.

The US Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to immediately enforce a policy restricting gender-affirming care for transgender inmates in federal prisons in ​a rare win for transgender rights at the nation’s top judicial body.

A 34-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for raping his wife at their home in Labasa.

The government aims to put 80 per cent of its services online and extend 5G coverage to 50 per cent by 2030.

Team Fiji has been reminded of the responsibility of representing the nation as they prepare to depart for Senegal for the Youth Olympic Games.

Twenty-one Year 13 students have been removed from Queen Victoria School following an alleged assault on 37 Year 11 students.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to resume US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine as soon as next month, ​the Kremlin said on Wednesday, after Putin met US envoy Steve Witkoff in Washington’s latest push to stop Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War Two.

Investigations into missing cocaine from the Suva High Court exhibit room are following due process, with further details being withheld because of the nature of the case.

The Ministry of Education has warned schools that bullying physical violence will not be tolerated, following an incident at Queen Victoria School involving 58 students.

Andrews Primary School in Nadi has received a major boost following the fire in February this year, with the handover of four new prefabricated container classrooms, an office unit, furniture, equipment and teaching and learning resources.

An Indian court on Wednesday ordered the release of two “cockroach” movement leaders, local media reported, after ​they were detained last week for demonstrating at a ‌historic protest venue in violation of a ban.

The Fiji Rugby Union says its proposed development on 46 acres of land in Saweni, near Lautoka, has moved a step closer after what it described as a fruitful meeting with the iTaukei Land Trust Board.