Climate Change

Rabuka highlights climate crisis in the Pacific

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka while addressing the 3rd EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum noted the existential crisis faced by the Blue Pacific due to the impacts of climate change.

February 4, 2024 4:28 pm
 

Basketball

Lakers rally, snap Knicks' 9-game win streak

Austin Reaves scored 14 points in the fourth quarter Saturday night as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers completed a comeback and snapped the New York Knicks’ nine-game winning streak with a 113-105 victory.

February 4, 2024 4:28 pm
 

News

Accident claims life

A woman has passed away following a road accident on Nadi Back Road.

February 4, 2024 4:20 pm
 

Health

Tackling cancer’s root causes

The Health Ministry’s Head of Wellness has stressed the importance of mitigating cancer risk factors.

February 4, 2024 4:17 pm
 

News

Ministries collaborate to assist resource owners

The Ministry of Fisheries and Forestry and the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs held a meeting at the Forestry Training Centre in Colo-i-Suva to explore collaboration opportunities for the benefit of resource owners in the fisheries and forestry sectors.

February 4, 2024 4:07 pm
 

Entertainment

Rocky star Carl Weathers dies aged 76

Carl Weathers, a former NFL line-backer who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies, facing-off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and teaching golf in Happy Gilmore, has died. He was 76.

February 4, 2024 3:24 pm
 

World

Australia sweats through heatwave, bushfire risk rated 'extreme'

Large swaths of Australia on Sunday sweltered through a heatwave as authorities warned of elevated bushfire risk in an already high-risk fire season during an El Nino weather pattern.

February 4, 2024 3:24 pm
 

News

1705 Marijuana plants uprooted

Police officers in the Northern Division uprooted a total of 1705 green plants suspected to be marijuana.

February 4, 2024 3:21 pm
 

World

Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary, Edison predicts

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday won the South Carolina Democratic primary — the first officially sanctioned race of the party’s nominating season — with early returns showing him dominating two other candidates, according to Edison Research projections.

February 4, 2024 1:40 pm
 

Health

Dietician shortage amidst rising NCD’s

The Health Ministry has disclosed a shortage of dieticians, reporting only 109 professionals available to address the growing population facing Non-Communicable Diseases.

February 4, 2024 12:42 pm
 

Natural Disaster

No direct impact expected from TD06F and TD05F

A low pressure system located south of Samoa, was numbered as Tropical Disturbance TD06F at 6am this morning.

February 4, 2024 12:34 pm
 

Football

Tuberi to lead Kulas

Fiji’s Digicel Kulas side to the OFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers in Samoa will be led by Unaisi Tuberi.

February 4, 2024 12:24 pm

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