Fiji faces mounting pressure to strengthen healthcare and social protection as gaps in maternal and child health, gender-based violence, child neglect, malnutrition, HIV and Non-Communicable Diseases put its most vulnerable at risk.

The Fijiana may be out of the title race, but they are determined to finish their Rugby World Cup campaign on a high when they take on Wales in their final match.

Concerns have emerged over poor road markings and drivers being penalized for parking in certain areas.

Nadi delivered a stunning performance in the Subrails Marama Championship today, thrashing previously unbeaten Naitasiri 66–5 in their Round 4 clash at Churchill Park, Lautoka.

The government is intensifying efforts to revive the sugar industry through modernisation, mechanisation, and research.

Fiji will formally open its first embassy in Israel next week, with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka leading the official delegation to Jerusalem.

Police have identified the man found lying motionless along Vula Road in Makoi on Thursday afternoon as a 64-year-old retiree from the area.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday thousands of foreign troops could be deployed to his country under post-war security guarantees, but Russian leader Vladimir Putin said Moscow would regard them as legitimate targets to attack.

A Californian jury has unanimously cleared pop star Cardi B of assault allegations in a $US24 million ($36 million) civil lawsuit brought by a security guard over an encounter outside a Beverly Hills obstetrician’s office in 2018.

Fiji’s growing methamphetamine presence and rising HIV cases are among the social issues threatening the next generation of rugby talent, says former Flying Fijians lock Wame Lewaravu.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un have pledged to deepen strategic coordination in their first formal summit in six years, after they put on an unprecedented show of unity against the West alongside Russia’s Vladimir Putin at a massive military parade.

More than 4,000 cases of child abuse have been reported through the Child Helpline under the Child Welfare Act in the past ten years.