Tag: Papua New Guinea

A landslide kills at least 21 people in the Papua New Guinea highlands, a report says

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A landslide early Friday morning killed at least 21 people in Papua New Guinea…

Nuns, ex-Satanic priest among seven new saints created by Pope Leo

Bells rang out Sunday over St Peter's Square as Pope Leo XIV created seven new saints, including the first…

Quake of magnitude 6.6 shakes Lae city in Papua New Guinea

By Kirsty Needham and Angela Christy M(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck near Papua New Guinea's second…

Papua New Guinea Cabinet approves defense treaty with Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s Cabinet has approved a bilateral defense treaty with near neighbor Australia,…

Papua New Guinea approves contentious defence treaty with Australia: officials

Papua New Guinea's cabinet has approved a contentious mutual defence treaty with Australia, officials told AFP on Thursday,…

Australia’s Albanese unable to clinch defense treaty with Papua New Guinea during visit

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday was unable to clinch an ambitious defense…

Australia gifts Papua New Guinea a Parliament House extension for its 50th independence anniversary

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia offered to gift Papua New Guinea an extension to its Parliament House as…

Australia, Papua New Guinea to sign ‘historic’ defence deal

A defence deal to be signed this week could see Papua New Guineans serve in the Australian military,…

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea’s New Britain region, EMSC says

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck the New Britain region in Papua New Guinea on Friday, the…