Papua New Guinea cancels flights, plans evacuation after volcano erupts | Volcanoes News
The South Pacific nation downgrades its alert level, but warns the Ulawun outburst could continue ‘indefinitely’. A volcanic eruption on
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Papua New Guinea
Why are world leaders racing to the Pacific Islands? | Politics
Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape is a busy host. Once a sleepy town, Port Moresby, the country’s
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Hostages freed in Papua New Guinea after week in captivity | Crime News
A group of archaeology researchers were taken hostage by heavily armed men demanding a cash ransom. Three hostages have been
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Indonesia boosts security in Papua after 9 killed in riot | News
More than 200 security personnel sent to Wamena town after child kidnap rumour sparks deadly riot and clashes with police.
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Refugees on Australian detention island sew lips shut in protest | Refugees News
Two refugees on the tiny island nation of Nauru — a five-hour plane journey from Australia in the southwestern Pacific
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Mosquito-borne diseases become climate reality in warming Pacific | Health News
Climate change forecasters have warned for years that the warmer and wetter world created by the climate crisis will drive
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PNG police launch rescue operation for researchers held hostage | Crime News
Australian professor and three Papua New Guinea researchers were snatched at gunpoint early on Sunday. A police operation is underway
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Rebels claim New Zealand pilot taken hostage in Indonesia’s Papua | Conflict News
West Papua National Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack on the aircraft and the kidnapping of the pilot. Rebel
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Australia finalising new security pact with Papua New Guinea | Politics News
The Bilateral Security Treaty with PNG comes after China signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands in April. The
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COVID vaccine hesitancy leads to child health concerns in PNG | Coronavirus pandemic News
Widespread distrust and refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is being linked to a rising number
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