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Hooker ‘most dangerous’ position in rugby, French study finds
The front row accounts for 26 percent of total injuries with the hooker the worst affected, says French rugby union research. Worst injuries and...
France plans to pave 1000 km of roads with solar panels
The French government plans to pave 1000 kilometers of its roads with solar panels in the next five years, which will supply power to...
Cyclone Winston claims 10 lives, destroys century-old iconic tree
Ten people lost their lives in Fiji's Western Division when severe tropical cyclone Winston swept through the country at the weekend leaving a trail...
Fiji troops use Russian military trucks in clean-up – death toll...
Electricity sparks as powerlines snap during tropical cyclone Winston in Fiji yesterday. Authorities have declared a 30 day "state of natural disaster". Video: Earthsky...
Fiji death toll rises to 5 as Winston leaves devastation
Compilation of scenes as tropical cyclone Winston batters Fiji. Video: World News
By Ellen Stolz in Suva
Five casualties have been confirmed in the aftermath of...
Tropical cyclone Winston leaves trail of destruction, 1 dead as Fiji...
Tropical cyclone Winston hits Suva last evening. Video: Breaking Disaster
By Mere Naleba, Nasik Swami and Sikeli Qounadovu in Suva
Tropical cyclone Winston has left the...
Raging winds batter capital Suva as Cyclone Winston hits Fiji
Howling wind rips away at a house roof in Savusavu on the island of Vanua Levu yesterday. Video: Breaking Disaster
Fiji's capital of Suva was...
‘Stick together,’ PM tells nation as Cyclone Winston strikes Fiji
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama appealed to the nation today as tropical cyclone Winston hit the country.
"We must stick together as a people and...
President Widodo greeted by protests over Bali plan in San Francisco
By Lazuardhi Utama and Bobby Andalan in Bali
A group of people calling themselves the "Californians Against Reclamation in Benoa Bay-Bali" have held a demonstration...
ANZ customers in Vanuatu lose heavily in illegal money transfers
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Angry ANZ customers have told the Vanuatu Daily Post that they have lost a total of more than 2...
Indonesian human rights agency slams chemical castration for sex crimes
By Nani Afrida in Jakarta
Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has taken a firm stance in formally opposing the government’s plan to...
PNG police call on Lihir islanders to report marijuana cultivators
By Annette Kora in Kavieng
A police chief on the small tropical volcanic island of Lihir in Papua New Guinea's New Ireland province has launched...
New kava legal challenge in Germany over drugs institute ruling
By Jane Joshua in Port Vila
A court case has been filed against the Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (BfArM/German Federal Institute for Drugs and...
Fiji may change mind over PACER Plus if labour mobility issues...
By Tevita Vuibau in Suva
Fiji may just change its mind and agree to the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus -- contrary...
Phil Robertson: Eroding human rights in Australian foreign policy
By Phil Robertson
The scene happens every day in capitals across south-east Asia: a strategy session in an ambassador’s ornate sitting room over coffee with...
Fiji becomes world’s first country to ratify Paris climate agreement
By Cole Mellino
Fiji has become the first country in the world to formally approve the UN climate deal adopted by 195 nations in Paris in December...
Tess Newton Cain: How to turn democracy into autocracy
OPINION: By Tess Newton Cain in Port Vila
In September 2014, after 8 years of military rule, the people of Fiji went to the polls.
The...
Russians hand over equipment to Fiji military
By Mere Naleba in Suva
The Russian Ambassador to Fiji, Vladimir Morozov, and Russia's head of the Missile Artillery Chief Directorate, Lieutenant-General Nikolay Parshin, have...
Vanuatu PM says election result shows people want change
By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila
New Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai has dedicated the sequence of events leading to his surprise election as the...
Vanuatu police chief files protest lawsuit over car crash suspension
By Thompson Marango in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Commissioner of Police, John Taleo, has filed a constitutional case against the Police Service Commission over his suspension...
Indonesian workers, legal aid lawyers fight ‘disobedience’ charges
By Indra Budiari and Safrin La Batu in Jakarta
When Dian Septi Trisnati decided to take part in a labor protest demanding a review of...
Act now to avoid tragedy, academic warns politicians on climate
Victoria University Vice-Chancellor Grant Guilford told delegates at the opening of a university-hosted Pacific Climate Change Conference today that politicians need to act now...