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A Bank of China branch in China. The state-owned institution has been exploring options in Nauru and Papua New Guinea. Photo: Shutterstock

As Chinese banks circle, Australia pushes ANZ to stay in Pacific island nations

For years, Western banks have been closing branches throughout the South Pacific. State-owned Bank of China has shown it’s eager to step in.

Pope Francis tours one of the world's most remote areas

Pope calls for PNG to ‘end’ tribal violence, urges fair share of its resources

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Pope praises Indonesians for choosing children over pets

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Indonesian Catholics in tears as pope visits Jakarta

Pope heads to Southeast Asia in ambitious trip

Pope Francis’ visit aims to cement the Catholic Church’s position in the region and comes despite his growing health problems.

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Australia pushes Pacific police force proposal to check China’s ambitions

Pacific leaders endorsed on Wednesday a plan creating a 200-officer police force to address security challenges and limit China’s reach.

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Solomons Islands police receive training from Chinese liaison officers in 2022. Photo: Royal Solomon Islands Police Force/Handout via AFP

Opinion | Aukus is a setback for Australia’s hard-fought independence

Years after Curtin stood up to Churchill and Keating rejected the “US deputy” label, Australia seems to have lost its backbone.

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How the other half travel: in their own flat aboard mega-yacht The World

Residents mostly spend a few months at a time aboard, visiting their pick of the more than 100 ports the ship visits in a year – and perhaps making plans to change the wallpaper ahead of their next visit

Australia PM replaces immigration, national security ministers after scandals

PM Anthony Albanese has moved Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil and Immigration Minister Andrew Giles into new portfolios.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese speaks to media during a press conference in Canberra. Photo: dpa

Japan talks with Pacific islands focus on climate, security issues take back seat

Among the areas of concern highlighted by Pacific island nations was Japan’s release of treated radioactive water.

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (bottom row, second from left) and other participants of the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Tokyo pose for a photo on Thursday. Photo: Kyodo

Australia urged to act as refugee health crisis intensifies in Papua New Guinea

A report by an asylum seeker support group found one-fifth of the remaining refugees are “so unwell their lives were at imminent risk”.

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Taiwan human skeletons suggest indigenous tribes chewed betel nuts 2,500 years ago

A pair of ancient bones found in Taiwan featured red stains on their teeth, which experts say is proof of betel nut consumption.

Pope Francis deplores state of democracy, warns against ‘populists’

Pontiff warns against ‘ideological temptations and populists’, urges people to move away from ‘polarisations that impoverish’.

Pope Francis attends a meeting with the participants of the 50th Social Week of Catholics in Italy at the Generali Convention Centre in Trieste, northern Italy, on Sunday. Photo: AP

China, Australia donate buildings, airstrips in Pacific influence race

China donated a presidential building complex in Vanuatu, while Australia and New Zealand inaugurated an airstrip in neighbouring Solomon Islands, amid competition for influence in the Pacific.

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Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai receives an oversized novelty golden key to the Pacific nation’s new China-funded presidential palace. Photo: Handout

Can China reach Olympics in rugby? Handling expectation key in final qualifier

Women’s sevens team face ‘enormous pressure’ to deliver, but take a 21-match winning streak into Monaco qualifying tournament.

Coach Groves rouses weary Hong Kong 7s team for final effort in Paris Games push

After a busy year, Hong Kong are among 12 teams at repechage tournament in Monaco this weekend trying to secure the remaining spot in Paris.

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Co-hosts US make history by qualifying for T20 cricket World Cup knockout stage

On their debut appearance, the Americans qualify for Super Eights ahead of Pakistan, in a boost for the sport before 2028 LA Olympics, when cricket will return to the Games.

Fans of the US team before their match against Ireland in Lauderhill, Florida on Friday was was abandoned due to rain, enabling them to qualify for the knockout round. Photo: AP

New Zealand need miracle to avoid T20 World Cup exit after loss to West Indies

Sherfane Rutherford’s unbeaten 68 helped the hosts to a place in the next phase while the Kiwis will be out if Afghanistan defeat Papua New Guinea on Thursday.

‘Crystal ball on steroids’: Nepal trials AI tool to predict deadly landslides

Researchers say the AI tool ‘works like a crystal ball and fortune-teller except on steroids’ – and it’s already saving lives.

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Uganda’s dreams ‘come true’ at T20 World Cup as they prepare to face New Zealand

Indian Abhay Sharma was named head coach of the men’s national team less than a month ago while captain Brian Masaba was the skipper with the second-highest number of wins in T20 internationals.

Uganda’s national cricketers are preparing to compete in the World Cup for the first time in their history. Photo: AFP

Over 2,000 buried alive in massive landslide, Papua New Guinea tells UN

Monday’s update came as overnight rains in the South Pacific nation’s mountainous interior raised fears that tonnes of rubble involved in the landslide could become dangerously unstable.

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Family members of missing villagers are seen at the site of the landslide in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province. Photo: AFP

Papua New Guinea landslide kills more than 670, no hope of survivors: UN

Local officials had initially put the death toll at 100 or more. Only five bodies and a leg of a sixth victim had been recovered so far.

‘The mountain just collapsed’: landslide hits Papua New Guinea, many feared dead

The Red Cross estimates the number of injured or dead could be between 100 and 500.

New Caledonia riots spotlight French ‘failures’ of democracy in South Pacific

‘Foreign interference’ narrative, a bid to deflect France’s responsibility for the crisis and insult to the Kanak people’s long struggle for independence, analysts note.

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Burnt vehicles in the Magenta district of Noumea, France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia, on Tuesday Photo: AFP

My Take | International court prosecutor rises to historic occasion

In applying for arrest warrants for top leaders of Israel and Hamas, Karim Khan of the International Criminal Court has stood up for global justice and international law against the manipulated so-called rules-based order.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, on December 24, 2023. Photo: AP

Hong Kong’s chance to join rugby sevens elite is stolen in final seconds – twice

City’s men’s team suffer consecutive last-ditch blows in the qualifying pathway to rugby sevens’ top tier, extinguishing world series hopes for another year.

French response in New Caledonia risks helping China: analysts

French President Emmanuel Macron’s ambitions to deepen French influence in the Pacific, where China is expanding its security ties, could be put at risk by the heavy-handed response to civil unrest in New Caledonia

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Papua New Guinea
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Papua New Guinea. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
Capital
Port Moresby
Head of State
King Charles III
Head of Government
Prime Minister James Marape
last updated:
27 September, 2024
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