Author: TMC Palau
Wing Will Jordan scored a hattrick to become the All Blacks’ all-time leading tryscorer, as the hosts outclassed Italy 47-17 in front of a sold out crowd in Wellington.Italy were rank outsiders to win, but they didn’t appear to get the memo in the early stages and took it to the All Blacks.A missed tackle from New Zealand midfielder Billy Proctor allowed the visitors to make a break and they took full advantage to score the first try of the match to centre Tommaso Menoncello. The conversion was successful to give Italy a 7-0 lead after five minutes.That fired the…
More than 50 teams from across Fiji and Rotuma gathered at the Vodafone Arena in Suva to compete in their annual volleyball tournament, the Hanua Games. Oinafa Youth spokesperson Kaftarina Fesaitu one of the objective of the tournament to get their youths and young people involved in something worthwhile, especially with the many issues youths face today. She adds that they had teams travel down to Fiji all the way from Rotuma and from other parts of the country. There are a total of 57 teams competing this year.Article continues after advertisement “This is our fifth tournament, and we can…
Lololo Pine Nursery employees. [PHOTO: SAINIANI BOILA] Workers at the Lololo Pine Nursery are welcoming the refurbishment of their workplace but say better working conditions must also be matched with fairer wages. For 27 years, Ruci Ratubuka has worked at the nursery, helping prepare and plant thousands of pine seedlings that support Fiji’s forestry industry. Ratubuka says the newly refurbished office has made a significant difference to their daily work, particularly during wet weather. She adds while the improved office now provides shelter and a comfortable space to work, workers are still struggling to make ends meet.Article continues after advertisement…
Pitball fans braved London’s heat spell to set a record for a gathering of bald caps. (AP PHOTO) Latin hip hop artist Pitbull has set the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing bald caps. More than 22,000 Pitbull fans were counted wearing the caps ahead of his British Summer Time headline set in Hyde Park. The sell-out concert also became the annual gig’s highest attended, with a crowd of 69,999. Speaking before his certificate was presented, Pitbull said: “Record breaking, record making, history in the making.Article continues after advertisement “Thank you London, thank you to the…
Three Pacific opera singers are set to take centre stage in Wellington as finalists in the 2026 Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest Grand Final.Samoan brothers Faamanu and Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono, and Tongan Samuel Mataele make up half of the six finalists.The other three finalists are Cecily Shaw, Samuel Downes and Sarah Mileham.The six are competing for one of New Zealand’s most prestigious classical music honours.The Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest (formerly known as the Lexus Song Quest and Mobil Song Quest) returns to Te Whanganui-a-Tara for its 70th year with the Grand Final Gala with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra taking…
[Source: Reuters] U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he had ordered the military to be prepared to launch strikes against Iran if the Iranian government carried out or attempted an assassination of the president. “1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat, pronounced in many corners of the Globe, to assassinate, or attempt to assassinate, the sitting President of the United States of America, in this case, ME!,” he said in a Truth Social post. “Orders have already…
[Source: Reuters] Typhoon Bavi pummelled Japan’s southern Sakishima island chain with heavy rain and violent winds on Saturday as it headed towards Taiwan, prompting authorities to warn of the risks of floods and landslides. On the island of Ishigaki, part of Okinawa prefecture, small pieces of debris could be seen flying across empty streets, with only a scattering of vehicles braving the gale and rain. Boats at a harbour rocked in the strong currents brought on by the large and strong storm, which had maximum sustained winds of 144 kph (90 mph) near its centre. Authorities issued a warning of…
Zion Automotive manager Ruben Singh at the scene. [PHOTO:PRANEETA PRAKASH] A fire that swept through a property at Laucala Beach this morning has claimed the lives of two people and destroyed four businesses, leaving business owners counting significant losses. Zion Automotive manager Ruben Singh says he arrived at work just before 8am to find a crowd gathered outside the premises. “I thought one of my dogs had bitten someone on the road, but when I asked what had happened, they told me there was a fire on the premises.” Singh said that by the time he looked towards the landlord’s…
Two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins released his first classical music single on Friday after signing a record deal as a composer. “Bracken Road” features on his upcoming “Life is a Dream” album, a collection of orchestral works written over six decades, “revealing a composer whose music shares the same emotional depth and storytelling that define […] Source link
[Source: Reuters] Three men who witnessed the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a U.S. agent in Houston on Tuesday have challenged the explanation offered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a lawyer for two of the witnesses told reporters in a press conference on Friday. The three witnesses, including Salgado’s brother, are being held at the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, Texas. They were riding to work with Salgado in his white van on Tuesday morning when they were pulled over by ICE officers. Their attorney, Hugo Baldero-Ybera, said they have given him a “completely different” account of what happened…