Two former police officers have been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment after being convicted of raping a 17-year-old girl in Savusavu.

Hollywood is taking a step back at this year’s Venice film festival, with ​organisers on Thursday unveiling a more independent-minded line-up that promotes auteur cinema over the studio-heavy rosters of recent editions.

The Trump administration on Friday will impose new ​tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the European Union, over allegations of lax enforcement of forced labor bans, just as ‌a temporary 10% global tariff expires.

Landlord and tenancy disputes continue to be the biggest source of consumer complaints, with hundreds of cases recorded this year.

The Suva High Court has permanently stopped the criminal case against former journalist Charlie Cobham Charters.

The Coalition Government says it is working to improve conditions in the Fiji Corrections Service while the search for a new Commissioner gets underway.

Anare Vuli Cilicewa has been found guilty of murdering his de facto partner, Sabreen Shaheen Ali, by the Suva High Court.

Illegal dumping is threatening sugarcane production, with rubbish flowing through drains into irrigation systems and affecting farming areas.

Non-communicable diseases are killing Fijians in their 40s, 50s and 60s, with 80 percent of adult deaths now linked to NCDs.

Eight nurses from Oceania Hospital in Suva have completed the Fiji Haemodialysis Nursing Certificate Programme, strengthening the country’s specialist renal healthcare workforce.

More than 15 years after first wearing the Fiji jersey, Bulou Tuisue is preparing for another career milestone – leading the nation’s women’s 3×3 basketball team onto the Commonwealth Games stage for the very first time.

Climate advocate Adi Sivoki Oripa Susu is calling for greater investment in nature-based solutions, saying mangrove restoration is essential to protecting Fiji’s coastal communities from the growing impacts of climate change.