Pacific leaders are being urged to act now on climate change, with Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka warning that the region cannot afford further delays as the world approaches a 1.5-degree Celsius overshoot.

Tuvalu is calling for faster, simpler and grant-based climate finance to help vulnerable Pacific countries deal with the impacts of climate change.

Protecting ports, airports, energy systems and telecommunications infrastructure is being placed at the centre of the Fiji-Australia Vuvale Union and Ocean of Peace Alliance.

The growing number of women turning their skills and talents into small businesses is providing another source of income for families.

Protesters clashed with police outside Kosovo’s government and parliament buildings on Monday, calling for lawmakers to pass legislation that would limit the powers of a Kosovo ​war crimes court in The Hague.

Director Brian ‌Duffield describes his new survival thriller “Whalefall”, in which a teenager is swallowed by a sperm whale, as “the opposite of ‘Jaws'”.

Vantex Solutions Navua FC has started its FMF Inter District Championship campaign with a win after beatinh Pacific Heavy Industries Nadi FC 3-0 in its opening match.

Everyone has their own way of dealing with stress, and for 38-year-old Laite Nima, the best remedy is playing volleyball.

The National Federation Party is accusing the Prime Minister of trying to rush the Constitution Amendment Bill by announcing a referendum date before Parliament has completed the required constitutional process.

Fiji is set to receive about $1.5 billion in Australian development financing over 10 years.

Gabriela Hearst showed ikat patchwork jackets and dresses embroidered with “shisha” mirrors in a collection inspired by Afghanistan and partly made by Afghan women ​artisans in her spring/summer runway show at Paris Fashion Week on Monday.

A teenager’s hand was blown off as high-school protesters clashed with riot police in northern France on Monday, a ​local official said, on the eve of a national demonstration by the pupils’ union against underfunding, overcrowding and dilapidation.