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Rugby World Cup 2019

20 December 2018

As teams fine-tune their preparations ahead of next year’s tournament, now is the time to start planning your own sporting adventure.

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Oceania

17 October 2007

Australia's dramatic water shortage, and New Zealand gears up for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 183: Why does the Rugby World Cup matter for Japan?

18 September 2019

With the Tokyo Olympic Games less than a year away, Monocle 24’s Rhys James examines why the success of the Rugby World Cup matters to more than just Japanese rugby fans.

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Oceania

19 May 2015

Fiji Airways resumes services to New Zealand and Australia trials a novel approach to curbing kangaroos.

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Oceania

17 March 2011

National identity in Australia, Tonga and Fiji's territorial dispute and rugby World Cup headache in New Zealand.

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Oceania

17 April 2008

A mining town in Queensland goes solar, Rugby Union eyes up Asia, plus Sydney isn't holding its breath over new metro plans.

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Oceania

18 March 2010

New Zealanders believe there's gold in them there mudflats, Australia has too much wine, Fiji's diplomatic relations with Wellington get resolved on the rugby pitch.

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The Globalist - Tuesday 15 October

15 October 2019

What is Russia’s role in the Middle East – and how is its influence growing? Plus: what the Budapest mayoral elections mean for Viktor Orban, the latest in luxury retail and a quick check-in on Japan’s Rugby World Cup.

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The Stack - Cereal

5 May 2018

We speak to ‘Cereal’ editor in chief Rosa Park and preview new publication ‘Rugby’. Plus: a preview of the inaugural ‘Monocle Drinking & Dining Directory’.

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The Globalist, episode 7

25 October 2011

We do business in Bogota, talk to advertising legend John Hegarty, find out about the world of the Korean love hotel and explore the power of rugby.

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Ration nation

17 November 2007

CNN’s man in Baghdad, Michael Ware is one of few western journalists to have reported from insurgent camps. An avid rugby fan, we met him in Paris where he was covering the World Cup. He selects the touristy Thai restaurant…

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The Globalist, episode 652

29 April 2014

Dave Keating from European Voice reports on the European Parliamentary presidential TV debate, former cabinet minister for the MDC in Zimbabwe, David Coltart, discusses the suspension of Morgan Tsvangirai, and Graeme Joffe…

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The Late Edition - Friday 1 November

1 November 2019

Today is the first day the UK was supposed to be out of the EU – but it’s still in. We discuss what a tremendous surprise this was. Plus: a bad week for Boeing and we reflect on a soft-power triumph: the Rugby World Cup.

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The Globalist - Friday 20 September

20 September 2019

How will Saudi Arabia confront Iran? Plus: the history of national-unity governments, Japan keeps an eye on the Olympics as the Rugby World Cup begins, the Emmy awards and we check-in with our man in the Balkans.

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The Monocle Minute - Bye bye Bercow

4 November 2019

John Bercow's reign as house speaker comes to an end. Plus: Russia's clampdown on the internet, a new fashion start-up in the UK and the success of Japan's Rugby World Cup.

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Oceania

20 May 2010

New Zealanders' blasé attitude to living on top of a massive fault line, plus how Fiji's leader has dealt with his ex-convict brother-in-law - by appointing him to a top rugby position.