Australia and Oceania

More than 30 believed dead in PNG quake: report

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- More than 30 people are believed to have died after a powerful earthquake struck Papua New…

PNG troops respond to major 7.5 quake as aftershocks hit

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Papua New Guinea sent troops and rescue workers after a powerful earthquake struck the Pacific nation's…

PNG troops respond to major 7.5 quake as aftershocks feared

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Papua New Guinea sent troops and rescue workers Monday to respond to a powerful earthquake in…

Major 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea early Monday, with unconfirmed reports of blackouts and…

Australia’s embattled deputy PM accused of sexual harassment

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's embattled deputy leader Barnaby Joyce was accused of sexual harassment Friday, as pressure mounted on…

Aid reaches cyclone-hit Tonga as storm passes Fiji

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) --International aid began trickling in on Wednesday to areas of Tonga devastated by Cyclone Gita, as Fiji…

Blackouts, flooding as cyclone batters Tongan capital

NAKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) -- Nuku'alofa awoke to scenes of devastation Tuesday after the most powerful cyclone ever recorded in the…

Tonga declares state of emergency as cyclone looms

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) -- Tonga declared a state of emergency Monday as the Pacific island kingdom braces for a direct…

‘Sinking’ Pacific nation is getting bigger: study

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- The Pacific nation of Tuvalu -- long seen as a prime candidate to disappear as…

‘Youngest and brightest’ lost in Pacific ferry disaster

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Many children and teenagers are among those missing after a ferry sank in the remote…

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