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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.

AAP

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

Wales Online

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

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

Wales Online

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.

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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.

ABC News

'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.

Reuters

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

The Guardian - AU

Memphis man arrested over alleged murder of his pharmacist bride during luxurious Fiji honeymoon

Bradley Robert Dawson, 38, and his wife of five months, Christe Chen, 36, had been vacationing at Fiji’s Turtle Island Resort, a luxury vacation destination in the Yasawa Islands

The Independent UK

Australia and New Zealand have a golden opportunity to build stronger ties in the Pacific – but will they take it?

The Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting hosted by Fiji last week was the first to be held in person since 2019. Following a particularly challenging period, it was an opportunity for leaders to reconnect and agree to the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. This document provides a blueprint…

The Conversation

ISL: Bengaluru FC sign Fiji international striker Roy Krishna

BENGALURU: Bengaluru FC on Monday announced the signing of a two-year contract with Fiji international striker Roy Krishna, which will add more firepower to their frontline.

The Times of India

Pacific islands demand climate action as China, US woo region

Small island nations call for more action on climate change while pledging unity amid growing geopolitical competition.

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Reuters

Pacific bloc, united, demands climate action as China, U.S. woo

Pacific island nations, courted by China and the United States, put the superpowers on notice, telling the world's two biggest carbon emitters to take more action on climate change while pledging unity in the face of a growing geopolitical contest.

Daily Mirror

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry thought they had 'Diana's magic', book claims

Meghan and Harry embarked on a 16-day tour of Australia, which also took in New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji, to huge fanfare.

The Guardian - AU

The seas are rising on Pacific islands nations – but so is their powerful resistance

As the climate crisis threatens their existence, an assertive new collective are using their leverage as a flashpoint in geopolitical tensions

The Guardian - UK

Brian Wilkinson obituary

Other lives: Lawyer and legal draftsman who held senior positions in Fiji and the Cayman Islands

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The Independent UK

Pacific island national leaders declare climate emergency

Pacific island national leaders have declared a climate emergency and agreed to try to bring Kiribati back to the region’s main diplomatic grouping

The Guardian - AU

Pacific leaders welcome Australia’s ‘renewed commitment’ to climate change

Albanese hails Pacific Island Leaders Forum a success but Fiji’s prime minister says Australia must end its ‘fossil fuel addiction’Success

The News Lens

US Beefs up South Pacific Aid, Diplomacy as China Spreads Its Influence

Washington intends to return the U.S. Peace Corps to Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and Vanuatu, citing progress toward reestablishing a U.S. Agency for International Development regional mission for the Pacific in Fiji.

Newcastle Herald

Saifiti: I'll skip the Rugby League World Cup to repay the Knights

The 26-year-old prop is eligible to represent Australia, Fiji and Samoa.

AAP

Pacific supports Aust on climate: Albanese

The Pacific Islands Forum has wrapped up after an all-day summit of leaders in Fiji, with Australian PM Anthony Albanese declaring the meeting a success.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US VP Harris Launches Pacific Push with New Embassies, Envoy

The United States launched a major push into the Pacific Wednesday as it seeks to hold off China's advances in the region, with Vice President Kamala Harris announcing the opening of new embassies in Tonga and Kiribati at a key regional summit. Washington will also appoint its first-ever envoy to…

The Guardian - AU

‘We are family’: Anthony Albanese meets Solomon Islands PM amid tension over China deal

Manasseh Sogavare says relationship with Australia is ‘strong’ despite his recent security pact with Beijing

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