Naomi Osaka came close to dumping top seed Iga Swiatek out of Roland Garros on Wednesday and the former world number one said she was sure the best display of her comeback season could spur her to climb into the top five again.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that American weapons being delivered to Kyiv were helping stabilise the front line in Ukraine amid intensifying Russian attacks and that Washington would “adapt and adjust” its support.

The Education Ministry will be approaching Cabinet shortly to seek its endorsement for a proper adjustment and increase in the salary bands for teachers.

Leaders need to formulate innovative ideas to develop Fiji’s natural resources, says Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.

Iran fires the starting gun this week on an election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi.

May is usually when people flock to cinemas for blockbuster season – but this year, that has got off to a terrible start. The industry needs new ideas if it’s going to recover.

Republican former presidential contender Nikki Haley wrote “Finish Them!” on an Israeli artillery shell during a recent visit to Israel, amid an ongoing assault on Gaza that has left tens of thousands dead in the past eight months.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has sanctioned charges against the police officer alleged to have raped a woman at the Valelevu Police single men’s barracks.

Federal investigators are preparing to bring accusers of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs before a federal grand jury, two sources familiar with the probe tell CNN — signaling the US Justice Department is moving toward potentially seeking an indictment of Combs.

The Fiji Police MPAiSA Task Force has arrested and charged a 32-year-old woman from Salia, Savusavu for allegedly dishonestly obtaining more than $36,000 via a mobile money transfer app.

A volcano in southwestern Iceland sent glowing hot lava shooting more than 50 metres into the air, its fifth eruption since December and the most powerful one since its volcanic system became active three years ago.

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Wednesday blamed “extraordinary rainfall” and changes to weather patterns for multiple disasters in the Pacific Island nation this year, including a landslide last week which may have killed thousands.