Pacific power play: Australia plans largest navy since WWII
SYDNEY, Feb 20, 2024 (AFP) - Australia on Tuesday outlined a decade-long plan to double its fleet of major warships…
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Papua New Guinea police authorized “any level of force” to stop tribal clashes
PORT MORESBY, Feb 19, 2024 (AFP) Papua New Guinea is deploying additional security personnel to a region where dozens were…
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Lightning scorches four people at Botanic Gardens near Sydney Opera House
SYDNEY, Feb 19, 2024 (AFP) - A lightning bolt scorched and knocked out four people near the Sydney Opera House…
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53 dead in Papua New Guinea tribal violence
PORT MORESBY, Feb 19, 2024 (AFP) - Fifty-three people have been killed in tribal violence in Papua New Guinea's highlands,…
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Papua New Guinea PM wins snap confidence vote
PORT MORESBY, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) - Papua New Guinea's James Marape faced down attempts to oust him as prime…
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Australia says China’s suspended death sentence for writer will ‘impact’ ties
SYDNEY, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) - Australia on Thursday warned that China's handing of a suspended death sentence to writer…
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Eastern Australia battered by powerful storms: one dead, hundreds of thousands without power
MELBOURNE, Feb 14, 2024 (AFP) - Storms packing powerful winds toppled trees, killed one person and knocked out power to…
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Strong 5.7-magnitude earthquake hits Hawaii, no tsunami: US seismologists
LOS ANGELES, Feb 9, 2024 (AFP) - A strong earthquake hit Hawaii on Friday, US seismologists said, but there was…
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Australian toddler rescued from arcade claw machine
SYDNEY, Feb 1, 2024 (AFP) - An Australian toddler who clambered into a "Hello Kitty" arcade claw machine and "was…
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Papua New Guinea inks new police deal with Australia
PORT MORESBY, Feb 1, 2024 (AFP) - Australia will plough millions more dollars into Papua New Guinea's police force under…
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