Papua New Guinea
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Pope defies health fears on historic Asia-Pacific tour
Sep 13, 2024Pope Francis completed an exhausting 12-day journey around the Asia-Pacific region on Friday, overcoming health concerns to engage with Christians in everything from Singapore’s skyscrapers to the jungles of Papua New Guinea. The 87-year-old pope will... -
Papua New Guinea PM survives no confidence vote
Sep 12, 2024A no-confidence vote against Papua New Guinea’s prime minister James Marape was defeated on Thursday, overriding worries about growing tribal warfare, widespread poverty, and the country’s economic woes. Before the long-awaited vote that has put Marape... -
In Papua New Guinea, Pope holds mass ‘at the edge of the world’
Sep 9, 2024On Sunday, Pope Francis conducted an open-air mass for tens of thousands of Papua New Guinea’s faithful, urging this nation “at the edge of the world” to adopt the Catholic faith. The most recent stop on... -
UN raises Papua New Guinea landslide death toll estimate to 670
May 28, 2024As relief workers and locals faced dangerous conditions in their desperate hunt for survivors, a UN official told AFP on Sunday that more than 670 people are thought to have died following a major landslide in... -
6.5-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea: USGS
Apr 15, 2024US seismologists said that despite a powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Papua New Guinea early on Monday, there was no risk of a tsunami. The US Geological Survey said that the epicenter of the earthquake,... -
PNG’s foreign minister resigns over the coronation trip scandal
May 12, 2023Justin Tkatchenko, the Foreign Minister of Papua New Guinea, resigned on Friday following criticism of his state-funded travel to King Charles III’s coronation and for labeling his critics “primitive animals.” Earlier this week, a dazzling TikTok... -
7.0-magnitude quake hits western Papua New Guinea: USGS
Apr 3, 2023According to the US Geological Survey, a strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck northern Papua New Guinea early on Monday. The temblor happened just after 4:00 am local time, 62 kilometers (or miles) beneath the surface, 97 kilometers... -
New Papua New Guinea leader a wildcard in Pacific power play
May 31, 2019When Papua New Guinea’s lawmakers started to shift their weight in their parliamentary seats in preparation for a tense vote on a new prime minister on Thursday, James Marape looked uninterested, his head lowered, fingers tapping... -
Political tumult results in fall of Papua New Guinea PM Peter O’Neill
May 29, 2019Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill formally resigned on Wednesday after losing the support of parliament during weeks of political turmoil in the South Pacific island nation. O’Neill was met with applause when he announced... -
High risk of disease outbreaks in earthquake-hit Papua New Guinea
Apr 10, 2018UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) have cautioned about the high potential of waterborne and vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks in earthquake-affected areas of Papua New Guinea. Major concerns include watery diarrhoea due to water contamination from...
