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Attempts to deport Kiribati High Court Justice David Lambourne back to Australia lead to airport stand-off

David Lambourne, an Australian citizen, is in immigration dentation after a dramatic deportation attempt at Kiribati's international airport where Fiji Airlines pushed against the government, refusing to fly the judge against his will.

ABC News

Fiji Reserve Bank releases 88-cent numismatic banknote with Chinese wealth and fortune imagery

The release of the collectors' item, which features the Chinese god of wealth and money tree, is causing confusion in Fiji, with many questioning its timing and significance.

ABC News

Ocean warmth, seaweed scarcity threaten Fiji's fisherwomen's livelihoods

Karen Vusisa has been struggling to find a decent catch of a favourite Fijian edible seaweed, amid concerns that ocean temperatures have hit harvests and are threatening livelihoods of fisherwomen like her.

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Winger Nadolo returns for Super NSW stint

Giant Fijian flyer Nemani Nadolo will return to the NSW Waratahs to play Super Rugby Pacific in 2023 after signing a one-year deal.

AAP

Fiji becomes first Pacific nation to recognise waste pickers as the world's invisible environmentalists fight to be seen

Despite playing a vital role in combating climate change and plastics pollution, waste pickers worldwide face discrimination and harassment. Now the fight is on to end the scavenger stigma.

ABC News

Flooded Pacific Ocean communities want polluters to pay for relocation from ancestral lands

Fiji’s island villagers, who are being forced to find new homes because of rising sea levels, believe that the world’s greatest polluters are not sharing the cost of their relocation

The Independent UK

CWG 2022: TT coach turns player at 62 to carry family tradition

BIRMINGHAM: In a remarkable story, Steve Reilly, an England-born Fiji table tennis coach, has turned player at the age of 62, to continue a family tradition and realise his father's dream at the Commonwealth Games.

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Eileen Cikamatana makes history with weightlifting gold for Australia

Australian weightlifter becomes the first woman to win gold for two countries after switching allegiances from Fiji after the Gold Coast Games four years ago

The Guardian - AU

Fiji, moving villages inundated by rising seas, wants big emitters to pay

Boats moor next to living rooms on Fiji's Serua Island, where water breaches the seawall at high tide, flooding into the village. Planks of wood stretch between some homes, forming a makeshift walkway as saltwater inundates gardens.

Reuters

Tonight's rugby news as Wales' World Cup opponents blasted by former player in scathing attack

The latest rugby headlines and news bulletins from Wales and the rest of the world

Wales Online

Today's rugby news as South Africa stun Fiji and Wales player explains why he joined brain damage lawsuit

Here are the latest rugby headlines and news bulletins from Wales and the rest of the world

Wales Online

‘Freaking amazing’: Rugby sevens gold caps Australia’s Commonwealth Games redemption

Four years ago the women’s team suffered Commonwealth Games heartbreak on the Gold Coast; in Birmingham they atoned spectacularly

The Guardian - AU

Australia's women's rugby sevens team takes long way to Commonwealth Games gold

Sisters Maddi and Teagan Levi share a special moment as the Pearls beat Fiji to win their first Commonwealth Games gold.

ABC News

South Africa win men’s rugby sevens Commonwealth gold with victory over Fiji

The Pacific Islanders won the Olympic title in Tokyo 12 months ago.

The Independent UK

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Newcastle Herald

Southwell claims Commonwealth Games gold as Australia wins women's rugby sevens final

The Newcastle 17-year-old played three minutes off the bench as Australia defeated Fiji 22-12 at Coventry Arena on Monday (AEST).

AAP

7s women romp to Games gold over Fiji

Australia's world champion women's rugby sevens team have claimed gold in Coventry, dominating Fiji 22-12 to secure a maiden Commonwealth Games title.

Wales Online

Sunday rugby news as New Zealand boss hits back after scathing Hansen and Moffett criticism and Wales blow

The stories making the rugby headlines on Sunday July 31

ABC News

Fijian rugby sevens team trying to nab only missing gold medal at Commonwealth Games to cap golden era

Fiji's men's rugby sevens team has won just about everything possible in the sport, but not a Commonwealth Games gold medal. Will Birmingham 2022 be the first?

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Wales Online

Wales rugby team knocked out at Commonwealth Games by Fiji despite impressive performance

Wales Sevens put in a much-improved performance against Olympic champions Fiji

ABC News

Fiji TikTok star Shaheel Prasad has strutted his way to 28 million views and put the island nation on the global fashion map

People can't get enough of the 24-year-old Fijian's parody runway videos — with 28 million views and counting — leading to some pretty profound life changes for the former call centre worker.

ABC News

Australian Commonweath Games weightlifter Eileen Cikamatana's journey began with hauling pig feed

Eileen Cikamatana grew up with an unconventional grounding in strength sports. Now the Fijian-born weightlifter is preparing to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games.

ABC News

Calls for inquiry into Fiji government's ties to South Korea's Grace Road Church amid stalled abuse investigations

Fiji's opposition parties call for an immediate inquiry into a South Korean religious sect accused of abuse and ritual beatings after a report alleges it received millions in Fijian government-backed loans.

ABC News

Skyrocketing Qantas airfares, axed routes and slashed seats worrying for outback town

Tourism Central Australia is holding Qantas to account for its high cost of flights to and from Alice Springs, which could spell disaster for the livability of the tourism hub.

Reuters

'No place like home': Climate change threatens Fiji's rugby nursery

The white sands of Namatakula have nurtured generations of world-class rugby talent but rising sea levels threaten to force the abandonment of the palm-fringed village on Fiji's Coral Coast within a few years.

The Guardian - AU

Suspected Fabergé egg found on Russian oligarch’s superyacht, US investigators say

US deputy attorney general hails ‘interesting’ find on board yacht seized by US authorities and sailed from Fiji to San Diego

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