The Paris treaty calls for capping global warming at "well under" two degrees celsius, and 1.5 °C if possible.
Five months after Trump said he would yank the United States out of the Paris Agreement, leaders tasked with implementing it remained concerned.
Climate change is real and it has already impacted Fiji — only urgent action is needed, said Fiji’s Prime Minister at UN climate talks this week.
Voreqe Bainimarama’s resignation as military leader has been lauded by some as a vital move for the coup-ridden country’s move towards democracry.
Fullback Metuisela Talebula bagged two tries as Fiji turned around a half-time deficit to beat Tonga 29-17 in Pacific Nations Cup match.
Fiji have won the Hong Kong Sevens in a tight match against New Zealand 35-28 that takes them just two points off top spot in the overall standings.
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/ 4 February 2012
A withering burst of 24 unanswered points in five minutes set New Zealand up for a 24-7 win over Fiji in the IRB Sevens World Series on Saturday.
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/ 26 November 2011
Fiji rallied from 12-7 down at halftime to beat reigning world champion New Zealand 26-12 in the final of the Gold Coast Sevens.
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/ 19 October 2011
Fiji plans to advertise for a national rugby coach, likely making Sam Domoni the first head coach to get fired over the team’s World Cup performance.
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/ 28 September 2011
The time for hurting has passed, and smiles are back on Fiji’s faces.
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/ 25 September 2011
Samoa won the battle of the Pacific juggernauts with a 27-7 victory over Fiji which kept alive their bid for the World Cup quarterfinals on Sunday.
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/ 20 September 2011
Dominiko Waqaniburotu will miss his country’s last two World Cup pool games due to a three-week ban for a dangerous tackle on Bok Patrick Lambie.
The Springboks romped to a masterful 49-3 victory over Fiji in their second World Cup group D game on Saturday in Wellington.
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/ 16 September 2011
South Africa’s second-row forward crisis has been compounded, with flanker Francois Louw replacing injured lock Johann Muller.
Fiji says they refuse to be intimidated by SA’s lineup for Saturday’s World Cup match, and the Boks’ list of injured player won’t make them complacent
After fears that he may not feature in the Rugby World Cup, Springbok lock Bakkies Botha has made a miraculous recovery from an Achilles injury.
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/ 14 September 2011
Bok wing Bryan Habana is out because of a knee injury, while lock Johann Muller is nursing a hamstring injury — highlighting the Boks’ lock crisis.
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/ 13 September 2011
Springbok hooker Bismarck du Plessis says South Africa need to improve their lineout play ahead of Saturday’s Rugby World Cup match against Fiji.
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/ 13 September 2011
Former Wallabies front rower Michael Foley will help prepare Fiji’s forwards for their Rugby World Cup clash with South Africa on Saturday.
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/ 10 September 2011
Fiji survived an unexpectedly stiff challenge from Namibia in a pulsating World Cup game that briefly threatened one of the tournament’s great upsets.
The All Blacks will rest key players for their Test against Fiji, but stressed they will not fall into the same trap as Australia did against Samoa.
The International Rugby Board has said it will keep lobbying to lift a ban on Fijian players linked to the state’s military regime from the World Cup.
South Africa had won the final of the London Sevens while New Zealand celebrated winning a ninth International Rugby Board Sevens World Series title.
Fiji resort operators say they will offer residents of earthquake-devastated Christchurch free beach holidays to help them recover from the disaster.
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/ 16 February 2011
Ratu Josefa Iloilo, a Fijian tribal chief who as president made crucial decisions backing the military takeover of the South Pacific country, has die
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/ 16 February 2011
Ratu Josefa Iloilo, a Fijian tribal chief who as president made crucial decisions backing the military takeover of the South Pacific country, has died
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/ 19 September 2008
A new iguana has been discovered on Fiji, adding to the mystery about how these colourful lizards ended up in the South Pacific, zoologists said.
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/ 8 December 2007
A powerful cyclone packing winds of up to 250km/h pounded some small islands in northern Fiji, but missed heavily populated areas in the South Pacific nation as it swung away to the south-east, officials said on Saturday. Cyclone Daman remained a category-four storm, forecaster Daini Donu said, but it was weakening.
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/ 7 December 2007
A tropical cyclone bearing down on the South Pacific island nation of Fiji has intensified into a category-four storm, the second most powerful cyclone, with destructive winds up to 200km/h. Cyclone Daman is expected to hit the nation’s second largest island Vanua Levu early on Saturday, officials said, as people began moving to higher ground.
Fiji’s military chief was sworn in on Friday as the South Pacific nation’s interim Prime Minister, cementing the power he seized by force one month ago in an armed coup. Commodore Frank Bainimarama promised to be ”a true and faithful prime minister”, during a swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Fiji’s capital, Suva.
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/ 5 December 2006
Fiji’s military chief said on Tuesday the army had taken over the country, plunging the South Pacific island nation into its fourth coup in 20 years. ”As of six o’clock this evening the military has taken over the running of the government and the country,” Commander Frank Bainimarama told a news conference in Suva, the capital.
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/ 4 December 2006
Heavily armed Fijian troops put up roadblocks throughout the capital on Monday night as fears of a fourth coup in 20 years gripped the South Pacific nation. Troops cut off several roads entering Suva and began guarding the president’s residence, a Reuters witness said