Pacific health leaders criticise rollback of bowel screening age

Pacific and Māori health advocates are raising concerns over changes to bowel cancer screening after the Government lowered the free screening age from 60 to 58 in parts of the country. The move follows the scrapping of a pilot programme that...

New Travel Guide for American Samoa marks major leap for local Tourism

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The tourism industry in American Samoa has taken a leap forward with the launch of the American Samoa Pocket Guide, a comprehensive online travel guide created for the U.S. territory. With more than 160 articles...

‘A matter of survival’: Amnesty International calls for urgent reform of Aotearoa's visa rules

Amnesty International warns that Pacific people facing climate-related challenges are being blocked from migrating to Aotearoa New Zealand due to discriminatory visa rules. The organisation’s new report, Navigating Injustice, highlights how...

Cyber security boss says online scams cost Fijians US$2.2m in 2024

Photo: 123rf A cyber security worker says Fiji lost more than US$2.2 million to online scams in 2024. The Fiji Sun reported head of cyber security solutions at Datec Fiji, Sagar Patel, revealed this during the Pacific Cybersecurity Forum in Suva...

TradeWinds Aligns with UN Call for Sustainable Tourism

Long before sustainability became a global call to action, TradeWinds—the purpose-led, eco-conscious yacht charter company—had already embedded this mission into its DNA. Now, as the United Nations urges the travel and tourism sector to accelerate...

Celebrating Fijian Language Week: Honouring identity, culture and connection

Macawa ni Vosa Vakaviti - Fijian Language Week - is a time to celebrate the richness of the island nation's culture and identity - a living taonga carried by generations and woven into the fabric of Aotearoa New Zealand. This year’s theme is ‘Na...

Cody Rhodes texted two-time WWE Hall of Famer to check on him after heart procedure

WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes reached out to a former world champion after his recent heart procedure. Kevin Nash has opened up about his conversation with The American Nightmare after receiving a text from him. WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash recently...

News The Guardian ‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say

Climate and migration experts are calling for urgent action to create legal pathways for people displaced by the climate crisis, as a new report highlights the scale of the problem across the Pacific. Research by Amnesty International released on...

Everyone wants answers for former rugby players like Lewis Moody but they are hard to come by | Andy Bull

Lewis Moody, 47, is the latest in a long line of players who has been diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease that may or may not be linked to his career in collision sport. Over the past decade I’ve interviewed more of these men, and their...

Why loss and damage matter in the Pacific

For many Pacific Island nations, climate change isn’t a distant threat or an abstract statistic – it’s an everyday reality reshaping homes, traditions, and futures. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion, increasing temperatures and severe weather...

Pacific atoll nations receive NZD13m boost for critical water security

Representatives from seven Pacific atoll nations gathered in Nadi, Fiji, this June with an urgent message. Rising seas and prolonged droughts are pushing their communities toward a water crisis that threatens tens of thousands of lives. These...

Manchester’s day of darkness: inside the 10 October Guardian Weekly

Last week was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. A day of prayer and staying away from news. As people made their way to Heaton Park synagogue in north Manchester, they saw a small car being driven erratically before it crashed...

Rugby’s links to MND and what is being done about it

Motor neurone disease does not discriminate in the one in 300 people it strikes but it has done a horrific job in singling out some of the finest and bravest rugby players of their generation from Doddie Weir, Joost van der Westhuizen, Rob Burrow,...

Student-led effort makes legal history in efforts to reshape global policy: 'It's a pretty grim thing to have to do'

"What I was pouring into my assignments was my own worries about the implications … on me as a person." by Drew JonesOctober 6, 2025 A group of law students at the University of the South Pacific (USP) has turned rising tides and failing climate...

Medusa ransomware used during exploitation of GoAnywhere file transfer bug, Microsoft says

Cybercriminals are using the Medusa ransomware strain during exploitation of a vulnerability in a popular file transfer tool recently highlighted by federal cybersecurity officials. Microsoft published a report on Monday analyzing exploitation...

Tonight's rugby news as 'perfect' Steve Tandy replacement found and Wales fly-half retires

Lee Radord has replaced Steve Tandy with Scotland (Image: David Rogers/Getty Images) Here are your rugby evening headlines for Tuesday, October 7. 'Perfect' replacement for Tandy found By Anthony Brown, PA Gregor Townsend believes he has found the...

The Hidden Leverage of Digital Chokepoints

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — When we think about the arteries of global power, images of oil pipelines or shipping lanes often come to mind. They are visible, tangible, and easy to picture on a map. The digital world has its own arteries, equally vital...

Rikishi stands on business; feels WWE treated Solo Sikoa terribly as US Champion

Solo Sikoa was the United States Champion for 62 days, which didn't sit well with WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi. The real-life member of The Bloodline expressed his dismay on the matter after breaking his month-long break from his Off The Top podcast....

How To Watch Local Players, Coaches In Week 6 Of 2025 NFL Season

SALT LAKE CITY – Here is how to watch the players and coaches with ties to the state of Utah during week six of the 2025 NFL regular season. How to watch NFL Locals in Week 6 of the 2025 season Former Utah Utes Brian Johnson – Assistant Head Coach...

Locals in the NFL: Rashid Shaheed's 1st TD, Devin Lloyd's pick-6 highlights Week 5

AROUND THE SHIELD — Rashid Shaheed saw the one-on-one coverage against a safety, sold a fake across the field, and then broke free into the open field before connecting with Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler on an 87-yard touchdown. The rest —...