Years before K-pop girl group Blackpink was shattering streaming records and headlining Coachella, 14-year-old Lalisa Manobal (known mononymously as Lisa) was flying from Thailand to Korea, alone, to chase her dream of performing onstage.

A woman who accused musician Jay-Z of rape in a 2024 lawsuit has ‌recanted her claim and said she never met the billionaire rapper.

The US Supreme Court revived on Friday an expanded immigration database that President Donald Trump’s administration said aims to combat voting by noncitizens but critics contend could disenfranchise eligible voters.

Two teenage girls reported missing in Korovou have been found dead in a river at Deepwater Settlement.

TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ​ByteDance, have reached ‌a settlement with Alabama over allegations they designed ​the platform ​to addict children and misled ⁠consumers about its ​safety, marking the ​company’s first deal with a state as it fights ​similar claims nationwide.

Energy Fiji Limited says land availability and the current electricity tariff are major hurdles to expanding large-scale solar projects.

The World Health Organization said on Friday that the ​Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of ‌the Congo has spread to two additional health zones, bringing the total number affected to 63 across seven provinces.

Fiji needs a clearer path from education to secure jobs, while giving workers greater job security once employed, says the National Federation Party.

Fiji may need to rethink how it treats vocational training. There are growing calls for TVET to move from the margins into the mainstream.

Scientists will return to the same Pacific locations surveyed a decade ago as Australia’s RV Investigator begins a major ocean and climate research voyage from Fiji.

The Pacific is looking to turn its natural resources into greater climate finance, with leaders, investors and climate experts set to meet in Nadi next month.

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal said it was shutting ​production at Ukraine’s largest steel plant, underscoring the growing economic toll of Russia’s airstrikes that on Friday killed seven people in Kyiv including a 14-year-old boy ‌and injured 58.