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Fiji Rugby admit underpaying women internationals

June 17 (Reuters) – Fiji Rugby have conceded they underpaid their women’s team for last year’s World Cup and this year’s Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship after captain Sereima Leweniqila made a public complaint on social media. The Fijiana finished runners-up to Samoa at the regional tournament on Australia’s Gold Coast...

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June 16, 2023

Exeter

Australia’s top companies back Indigenous Voice as public support wavers

SYDNEY, June 16 (Reuters) – Some of Australia’s biggest companies, including miners, banks and retailers, are emerging as powerful sources of support for a campaign to recognise the country’s Indigenous people in the constitution, a development that could sway the outcome of a referendum later this year. The advocacy of...

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June 15, 2023

Wells

Sudan refugees strain cash-strapped Chad’s hospitality

KOUFROUN, Chad May 30 (Reuters) – There used to be one family in Fanna Hamit’s compound, now there are 11 families struggling to get by selling roasted crickets after she took in relatives fleeing the conflict in Sudan. They are among 90,000 people who have escaped to Chad since fighting...

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May 30, 2023

Sunderland

Luton complete fairytale rise from dark days of fifth tier to Premier League

May 28 (Reuters) – Luton Town’s promotion bid hit a speed bump when Southampton prised away their beloved manager Nathan Jones earlier this season, but they have now returned the favour by taking the south-coast club’s place in the Premier League. Jones had led Luton to automatic promotion from League...

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May 28, 2023

Norwich

Boxed Out: Why safe deposit boxes are harder to find

NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) – As any fan of spy thrillers knows, there is only one place to put your really valuable stuff: A safe deposit box. But even if you are not Jason Bourne – who needs somewhere to store his multiple passports, guns, and stacks of foreign...

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