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Four Australian women were among seven people who fell ill drinking at a bar at the Warwick Resort on Fiji's Coral Coast on Saturday. Photo: Facebook Warwick Fiji Two people including one Australian who remain in hospital after consuming cocktails at a five-star hotel in Fiji are stable and set to fly home, as the Pacific island nation's government insists the incident was "extremely isolated". Fiji's Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism Minister Viliame Gavoka told the ABC's 7:30 programme that the investigation into the incident was ongoing and the source of the suspected poisoning was unknown. "It's the first time we've seen something like this in Fiji. So we are really determined to find out what the reason [for the suspected poisoning] is," Gavoka said. Four Australian women, aged bet...

Jay-Z, pictured at the 2024 premiere of 'The Book of Clarence in Los Angeles, has been accused of rape and his attorney says the claim against him is made up. Photo: Phillip Faraone/Getty Images via CNN Newsource By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Lauren del Valle, CNN Jay-Z's lawyer Alex Spiro told reporters in New York on Monday that allegations from a woman who has accused the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting her with Sean "Diddy" Combs back in 2000 are untrue. "This is all a fantasy," Spiro told reporters, including CNN, at a private meeting held at Jay-Z's Roc Nation offices in New York City on Monday. "We expect the case to be dismissed. If it's not, we expect this all to crumble." Spiro showed a Powerpoint presentation to a small room of reporters, walking through the timeline of th...

By Christian Edwards for CNN The Gudauri ski resort lies high up in the Caucasus Mountains, near Georgia's border with Russia. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/picture alliance/Getty Images via CNN Newsource Twelve people have been found dead at a ski resort in the former Soviet country of Georgia, police said. The bodies of 11 Indian nationals and one Georgian citizen were discovered on the second floor above an Indian restaurant in Gudauri, the largest ski resort in the country, local police said in a statement issued Saturday. The 12 people all worked in the building where their bodies were found, the statement added. The Indian Embassy in Tbilisi said it was "committed to providing all possible support" to the bereaved families and that it was working to repatriate the bodies of the 11 I...

By Patrick Martin, in London, ABC The suspected Chinese spy who forged a close relationship with Prince Andrew (pictured) has been named as Yang Tengbo. Photo: HOLLIE ADAMS/pool/AFP The suspected Chinese spy who forged a close relationship with Prince Andrew before being barred from the UK has been named as Yang Tengbo, after a court-enforced anonymity order was lifted. The 50-year-old, who also goes by Chris Yang, was revealed after a ruling from Justice Chamberlain at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Monday, local time. The decision came just before MPs were set to convene in the House of Commons, where it was expected he was going to be named under parliamentary privilege. The businessman was barred from entering the UK in 2023 over what the court found to be "deliberately...

Photo: 123RF At least two people are dead, and several others injured, after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, police say. The statement came shortly after a news conference at which police mistakenly reported four people were killed in the shooting. The Madison Police Department responded to the shooting at 10.57 am Monday (local time) and urged people to avoid the area around the school. Police have since confirmed in a press conference that the suspect is also dead. Officers located a juvenile suspect who is deceased, Madison, Wisconsin, police chief Shon Barnes confirmed at a briefing. Police believe that the suspect, who was found dead inside the building, was a student at the school. "This is a ever-evolving situation," Barnes said. "So there's a l...

Photo: 123RF At least four people are dead, and another five are injured, after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, police say. The Madison Police Department responded to the shooting at 10.57 am Monday (local time) and urged people to avoid the area around the school. Police have since confirmed in a press conference that the suspect is also dead. Officers located a juvenile suspect who is deceased, Madison, Wisconsin, police chief Shon Barnes confirmed at a briefing. "This is a ever-evolving situation," Barnes said. "So there's a lot of work that has to be done, and we're committed to doing that work. We just ask for your patience." Barnes declined to give additional details about if the victims were teachers or students until families are notified. Medi...

By Chris Boyette, CNN Photo: 123RF Multiple people have been injured in a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, police say. The Madison Police Department said it was responding to the shooting at 10.57 am Monday (local time) and urged people to avoid the area around the school. "Multiple injuries have been reported. This remains an active and ongoing investigation. More information will be released as it is available," police said in an incident report. Police told CNN officers are working to clear the school, and have no one in custody. Police announced various road closures and asked people to avoid the area. Abundant Life Christian School is a K-12 school serving approximately 390 students, according to its website. The school has a 28-acre campus and it...

Xi Jinping is increasingly turning against his own handpicked loyalists (file image). Photo: Xinhua via AFP/ Huang Jingwen Analysis - In the early years of Xi Jinping's war on corruption, the Chinese leader consolidated control over the world's largest military by taking down powerful generals from rival factions and replacing them with allies and proteges loyal to himself. A decade on, having given the People's Liberation Army (PLA) a structural overhaul and stacked its top ranks with his own men, the supreme leader is still knee-deep in his seemingly endless struggle against graft and disloyalty. And, like many strongman leaders in history, he is increasingly turning against his own handpicked loyalists. Late last month, Xi purged one of his closest proteges in the military - a decade...

Four people were in critical condition at Lautoka Hospital (shown) in Fiji, on Monday. (File photo). Photo: Supplied/Fiji MOH An American tourist and two foreign residents of Fiji are among a group of seven who fell ill after drinking cocktails at a resort . The Foreign Affairs Ministry (MFAT) has updated its travel advice for New Zealanders travelling to Fiji following reports seven people have become ill after drinking pina coladas at a popular resort. Four Australians remain critically ill in hospital with suspected alcohol poisoning, after drinking at the high end Warwick Resort. MFAT updated its advice on its SafeTravel website on Monday, telling travellers to be alert to the potential risks around drink spiking and methanol poisoning through consuming alcoholic drinks. The alert l...

By Nick Perry for AFP Summer in Eastbourne, Wellington. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King The world has been getting hotter for decades but a sudden and extraordinary surge in heat has sent the climate deeper into uncharted territory -- and scientists are still trying to figure out why. Over the past two years, temperature records have been repeatedly shattered by a streak so persistent and puzzling it has tested the best-available scientific predictions about how the climate functions. Scientists are unanimous that burning fossil fuels has largely driven long-term global warming, and that natural climate variability can also influence temperatures one year to the next. But they are still debating what might have contributed to this particularly exceptional heat surge. Experts think ...