The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre says gender-based violence is evolving, with technology, artificial intelligence and drugs contributing to new forms of abuse against women, children and other vulnerable groups.

A major step is being taken to improve how disaster warnings reach Fijians, with the Government working to establish a stronger and more coordinated national alert system.

Eight engineering students from the University of the South Pacific will represent the region at the prestigious Asia-Pacific Robotics Competition in Hong Kong next month.

Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru’s president, becoming the latest in a string of conservative leaders elected ‌across Latin America by voters frustrated by crime, weak economic growth and political instability.

Globally, people currently use roughly 7,500 languages, with English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic and French the most common, counting native and nonnative speakers.

The rise of McDonald’s Fiji Drua Women Rookie of the Year Varanisese Qoro has come as no surprise to her father, Josaia Qoro, who says his daughter made a life-changing decision at the start of the year.

The decision to recruit guest players for the Vodafone Deans competition knockout rounds will ultimately rest with individual schools.

The fight to stay in the Extra Premier League next season is interesting with three points separating the bottom two sides and three rounds remaining.

The Government is aiming to make the national budget easier for every Fijian to understand, with the launch of the Citizens’ Guide to the 2026–2027 National Budget in three languages.

The Health Ministry has allayed speculation that stated that the Full Blood Count and other essential laboratory services will cease at the CWM Hospital from Monday.

Sun Insurance has described Mohammed Nouzab Fareed as a consultant in a new market announcement, despite previously announcing his appointment as Chief Transformation Officer in 2025.

The Australia-backed infrastructure project at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital has been confirmed to be completed in the next 20 years, one that officials described as a long-term investment in Fiji’s healthcare.