The estimated death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea has soared to more than 670. Serhan Aktoprak, chief of the UN migration agency’s mission in the South Pacific island nation, said the revised death toll is based on calculations by Yambali village and Enga provincial officials that more than 150 homes had […]
Emergency crews in Papua New Guinea are moving survivors of a massive landslide – feared to have buried scores of people – to safer ground as unstable earth and tribal warfare, which is rife in the area, threatens the rescue effort. Rescuers say they have given up hope of finding survivors under earth and rubble […]
An emergency convoy is delivering food, water and other provisions to survivors of a landslide that devastated a remote village in the mountains of Papua New Guinea, with scores of people feared buried. An assessment team reported “suggestions” that 100 people were dead and 60 houses buried by the mountainside that collapsed in Enga province […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been sending food, water containers, canvases and other supplies to areas impacted by double disasters in Papua New Guinea. Torrential rains combined with strong winds during March and April triggered flooding and landslides throughout the nation, which comprises the eastern half of the island of New […]
Papua New Guineans, who have been genetically isolated for millennia, carry unique genes that helped them fight off infection — and some of those genes come from our extinct human cousins, the Denisovans. The research also found that highlanders and lowlanders evolved different mutations to help them adapt to their wildly different environments. “New Guineans […]
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says his nation does not deserve to be labelled cannibals, and urged the U.S. to clear up the remnants of World War Two littered across the Pacific, after remarks by President Joe Biden last week about his missing serviceman uncle. Biden had “appeared […]
The prime minister of Papua New Guinea defended the Pacific Island nation after President Joe Biden appeared to imply that his uncle’s body was eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II, urging the United States to clean up the remnants of the conflict in the region. “President Biden’s remarks may have been a slip […]
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the US President had been eaten by “cannibals” there during the Second World War. Mr Biden’s comments offended a key strategic ally as China moves to increase its influence in the […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II. Biden’s comments offended a key strategic ally as China moves to increase its influence in […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, confirming the longest trip of Francis’ papacy that is sure to test his health, stamina and mobility. The Vatican confirmed the Sept. 2-13 visit, saying the 87-year-old pope would visit Jakarta, Indonesia; Port […]
Mar. 23—A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea, but did not pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii, authorities said today. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at about 9:22 a.m. (Hawaii time) near Ambunti in East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of about 22 miles. […]
A New Zealand pilot taken hostage in West Papua appeared gaunt and dishevelled as he sent a message to his family a year after his kidnapping. ‘Philip’ Mehrtens, who was abducted in February 2023 after landing his plane in the remote region of Nduga, told his wife and son he loved them and that he […]