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A Fijian corporal serving as a British Army Photographer has been awarded for his outstanding work in the annual British Army Film and Photographic Competition. 37-year-old Nacanieli Tanuku got first place in the P
Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine gives around 92% protection against COVID-19. This is according to late stage trial results published in The Lancet – a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It
Myanmar's military has seized power after detaining civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior members of her governing party. BBC News reports a statement on military TV said all authority has been given to
More than 100,000 people have died with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he takes full respo
US Vice-President, Kamala Harris was seen sitting with a bottle of Fiji Water on the second day in office. The picture was taken as she was having a virtual meeting. Harris has become the first woman to hold
Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia over the nation's attempt to make the tech giant share royalties with news publishers. Australia is introducing a world-first law to make Google, Fa
Former US President Donald Trump's impeachment trial over his role in the deadly US Capitol riot is set to begin next week in the Senate. On Tuesday, the House of Representatives will deliver the impeachment charge
Five people have been killed in a fire at the site of the world's largest vaccine producer in western India. The blaze started at a building which was still under construction at the Serum Institute. The compa
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th US President at the US Capitol in Washington. He is the oldest person ever sworn in as US President. Biden turned 78 last November. Vice-President Kamala Harris has taken her o
Kevan Gosper, a former International Olympic Committee vice president, is suggesting the United Nations might be the place to decide the fate of the postponed Tokyo Olympics. The Olympics are to open on July 23rd
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne says that they are committed to supporting access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to the Pacific. In a tweet, Payne says they are continuing consultation
In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of Donald Trump's most controversial decisions including ending Trump’s restriction on immigration to the US from some Muslim
The Dutch government has resigned amid a scandal that saw thousands of families wrongly accused of child welfare fraud. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the Cabinet's resignation saying that responsibility
The Human Rights Watch has welcomed Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan’s successful election as President of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
All 50 US states and the District of Columbia are on alert for possible violent protests ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. National Guard troops from across the country are being sent to Washington
A sanitation worker became the first Indian to receive a Covid vaccine as the country began the world's largest inoculation drive. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the programme, which aims to vaccinate more t
The UK is to close all travel corridors from Monday to protect against unidentified Covid strains. Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared all arrivals to the UK must have proof of a negative test in the previous 72
At least 67 people have died after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Sulawesi Island. Disaster officials said they expected the number of deaths and injuries from the earthquake to increase as they receive
US President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a US $1.9 trillion stimulus plan for the coronavirus-sapped US economy before he takes office next week. If passed by Congress, it would include $1 trillion for households,
More than two million people have now died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. According to figures from Johns Hopkins University, the US has recorded more fatalities than any other country, with almost 390,000
