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…
7 years ago
Australia and Oceania
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…
7 years ago
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…
7 years ago
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…
7 years ago
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…
7 years ago
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…
7 years ago
‘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…
7 years ago
‘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…
7 years ago
Search for more survivors from sunken ferry resumes in Pacific
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- The search for survivors from a ferry which sank with 50 people aboard in the…
7 years ago
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern expecting a baby
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Friday she is expecting her first baby in June, making…
7 years ago
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