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King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u of Tonga to begin historic State visit to Fiji today

King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u of Tonga to begin historic State visit to Fiji today

King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u of Tonga to begin historic State visit to Fiji today King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u, of the Kingdom of Tonga. [Image: Fiji Government] In a landmark diplomatic engagement for the Pacific region, Fiji will...

Love Island USA Stars’ Social Media: Who Runs It While They Are in the Villa?

Love Island USA Stars’ Social Media: Who Runs It While They Are in the Villa?

The Love Island USA season 7 solid doesn’t have entry to their telephones whereas filming in Fiji — so who’s posting from their social media accounts? The Peacock collection, which premiered within the U.Ok. on ITV2 in 2002, follows a special...

Love Island Star Cierra Ortega Speaks Out After Her Abrupt Exit From the Villa

Love Island Star Cierra Ortega Speaks Out After Her Abrupt Exit From the Villa

Love Island USA brought the drama on Sunday night’s episode—but not in a fun way. Cierra Ortega, a Love Island USA bombshell who entered the villa during episode one of the seventh season, made a shocking exit, and fans are reeling. For Love...

Love Island USA Season 7 Episode 31 – Release Date, Schedule, How To Watch

Love Island USA Season 7 Episode 31 – Release Date, Schedule, How To Watch

Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors It was a dramatic weekend in the villa with the departure of Cierra Ortega, who was said to have "left the villa for personal reasons", leaving Nic Vansteenberghe open to new...

Love Island USA’s Belle-A Walker Addresses Cierra Ortega’s Exit

Love Island USA’s Belle-A Walker Addresses Cierra Ortega’s Exit

"The threats. The cruel messages. The attacks on her family, her friends, even her supporters, it's heartbreaking," they continued. "It's uncalled for. And no one deserves that kind of hate, no matter what mistake they've made." Cierra's parents...

Another contestant leaves 'Love Island' early; what happened to Cierra

Another contestant leaves 'Love Island' early; what happened to Cierra

Love Island USA contestant Cierra Ortega left the show right before Sunday's episode aired. And once again, the show's production gave no explanation for her departure. This is the second contestant to abruptly leave the show's seventh season...

‘Love Island USA’ star Cierra Ortega abruptly exits show after racist posts resurface — and her family speaks out

‘Love Island USA’ star Cierra Ortega abruptly exits show after racist posts resurface — and her family speaks out

Not so lovely. “Love Island USA” star Cierra Ortega, 25, made a shocking and abrupt exit from the Peacock reality dating series on Sunday. On Sunday, narrator Iain Stirling made the vague announcement that Ortega left the American version of the...

Understrength ACT Brumbies eye ‘big opportunity’ against British & Irish Lions

Understrength ACT Brumbies eye ‘big opportunity’ against British & Irish Lions

Canberra – Coach Stephen Larkham said on July 7 that the ACT Brumbies have a “big opportunity” against the British and Irish Lions, but admitted they face a tough task with a team stripped of key Wallabies. The Brumbies are the strongest of...

Fiji Kulas banking on home advantage

Fiji Kulas banking on home advantage

[Photo Credit: OFC/ Facebook] Fiji Kulas head coach Angeline Chua firmly believes that playing on home soil provides her team with a unique advantage, one they are fully determined to maximize in today’s OFC Women’s Nations Cup. Chua spoke about...

“Chessum vs Hooper” – 3 Key Battles: British & Irish Lions vs Brumbies

“Chessum vs Hooper” – 3 Key Battles: British & Irish Lions vs Brumbies

The British & Irish Lions’ 2025 tour of Australia rolls into Canberra, as Andy Farrell’s side take on Super Rugby’s best-performing Australian franchise, the ACT Brumbies. With just one more warm-up fixture after this before the Test series...

Fiji Water incentive questioned

Fiji Water incentive questioned

A seven-year tax holiday granted to Fiji Water has sparked further public debate after a businessman challenged its economic logic at the post-budget forum. The businessman, who said he has raised the issue multiple times in members’ forums...

Why Did Cierra Ortega Leave ‘Love Island USA’? Here’s The Latest On The Controversy

Why Did Cierra Ortega Leave ‘Love Island USA’? Here’s The Latest On The Controversy

LOVE ISLAND USA — Episode 726 — Pictured: Cierra Ortega — (Photo by: Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty ... More Images)Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty Images Love Island USA Season 7 contestant Cierra Ortega is no longer in the villa, becoming the second...

‘Love Island USA’ star Cierra Ortega makes sudden exit after past racial slurs resurface

‘Love Island USA’ star Cierra Ortega makes sudden exit after past racial slurs resurface

Cierra Ortega has left the villa. Narrator Iain Stirling revealed the contestant’s shocking “Love Island USA” departure on Sunday’s episode of the reality show, explaining that she left due to “personal reasons.” No further details were given...

Fiji coach Byrne will reconnect with rugby’s youngest new star Sua’ali’i in Wallabies test

Fiji coach Byrne will reconnect with rugby’s youngest new star Sua’ali’i in Wallabies test

By Canadian Press on July 4, 2025. NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Rugby’s newest star, 21-year-old Joseph-Aukuso Sua’ali’i, is well-known to Fiji coach Mick Byrne. Byrne will get to know him even better on Sunday when his Pacific island side plays...

‘Love Island’ Dumps Contestant Cierra Ortega After Posts Using Racial Slur Surface

‘Love Island’ Dumps Contestant Cierra Ortega After Posts Using Racial Slur Surface

The 25-year-old is no longer in the villa, but has not yet returned home and her parents have pleaded for "compassion, for patience, for basic human decency" from the show's intense fanbase Love Island Season Seven bombshell Cierra Ortega has been...

Fiji Kulas captain in high spirits for OFC opener

Fiji Kulas captain in high spirits for OFC opener

TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD Jotivini Tabua is filled with high spirits as she leads her team into their opening match against the Solomon Islands in the 2025 OFC Women’s Nation Cup, which commences today. Working as a National Fire Authority officer in...

How to watch Wallabies vs. Fiji - Australia Men's Rugby match

How to watch Wallabies vs. Fiji - Australia Men's Rugby match

The Wallabies will play Fiji in Sunday's test match at the McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle. Memories of the 2023 Rugby World Cup disaster show in France will be fresh in the minds of the Wallabies. The last time these two sides met, Fiji beat...

Love Island USA’s Cierra Ortega Makes Shocking Exit for 'Personal' Reasons as Past Racial Slurs Resurface

Love Island USA’s Cierra Ortega Makes Shocking Exit for 'Personal' Reasons as Past Racial Slurs Resurface

NEED TO KNOW On Sunday, July 6, Love Island USA announced that Cierra Ortega had left season 7 due to a "personal situation" The content creator, 25, had been receiving off-screen backlash following resurfaced social media posts that appeared to...

Las Vegas sees fall in tourists as 'ridiculous prices' hit

Las Vegas sees fall in tourists as 'ridiculous prices' hit

By ESTHER MARSHALL Published: 07:12 EDT, 7 July 2025 | Updated: 07:12 EDT, 7 July 2025 Las Vegas's high prices could be putting off potential tourists, according to new visitor figures. Tourist numbers have fallen every month this year with 6.5...

Minister defends budget as critics sound alarm on debt surge

Minister defends budget as critics sound alarm on debt surge

Concerns about ballooning national debt and excessive government spending were raised during the National Post Budget Forum. A businessman warned about the widening gap between revenue and expenditure. He asked how the government plans to sustain...

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