Australia said on Wednesday it will ask the European Union to release 1 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to help Papua New Guinea (PNG) battle a dangerous outbreak that authorities fear could spread to other parts of the region.
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Leaders of Asia-Pacific economies were unable to agree on communique at a summit in Papua New Guinea on Sunday as deep divisions between the United States and China over trade and investment dominated the meeting.
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Speaking in the Papua New Guinean capital, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said there would be no end to American tariffs until China changed its ways, after its president, Xi Jinping, warned that the shadow of protectionism and unilateralism was (...)
LONDON, August 14, 2018 (News Wires) - Austria's capital Vienna has beaten Melbourne to be ranked the "world's most liveable city" in a new annual survey released on Monday, ending the southern Australian city's seven-year reign.
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PORT MORESBY, March 7 (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed by a magnitude 6.7 quake that struck Papua New Guinea's mountainous Southern Highlands On Wednesday, an official said, adding to the death toll from a larger quake last week.
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SYDNEY, March 5 (Reuters) - Strong aftershocks rocked Papua New Guinea's remote and rugged highlands on Monday, as the death toll climbed to 55 from a 7.5-magnitude earthquake a week ago, and is expected to rise further.
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Up to 14 people were killed in landslides and by collapsed buildings during a powerful earthquake in the remote Papua New Guinea highlands, police and a hospital worker said on Tuesday, with unconfirmed reports of up to 30 people killed.
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China and Southeast Asian governments demanded an explanation from U.S. and its allies on Thursday following media reports that American and Australian embassies in the region were being used as hubs for Washington's secret electronic data (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: In a shocking revelation, an American academic reported that she was gang-raped by an armed mob in Papua New Guinea. She said that by coming forward, she her incident will help to raise awareness about rampant violence against women in (...)
A deadly landslide in the mountains of Papua New Guinea, near where Exxon Mobil is building a US$15.7 billion gas project, has raised new questions about the global energy industry's scramble for ever harder-to-reach resources.
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Mindere, Papua New Guinea (dpa) – The refinery next door is set to produce huge quantities of nickel and cobalt, and generate jobs. But the villagers of Mindere in Papua New Guinea want to shut it down for fear of devastating environmental damage (...)
Topping the list for the world's most livable city was Melbourne, Australia beating out Vancouver, which had enjoyed the top spot since 2002. The ranking comes from the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual 140-city Global Liveability Survey. The (...)
CAIRO: UN Women kicked off its first annual stakeholders meeting earlier this month at the Marriott Hotel in Cairo for the Safe Cities Global Program. This event brings together over 100 participants – from over 12 countries – who are working (...)
LONDON: I recently took part in a public debate with Paul Keating, Australia's former prime minister. He is an interesting man, a genuine intellectual driven by his inner demons both to flay those who pay insufficient credit to his transformational (...)