PORT MORESBY, 12 JANUARY 2017 (NBC NEWS) — Thirteen people, including two children, have been killed in a road crash in Oro province in south-eastern Papua New Guinea. Ten people were also injured, including three seriously, and have been admitted to hospital, local media reported. [restrict] Oro Province Governor, Gary Juffa says the loss of […]
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Japan hosts third PALM Ministerial meeting
TOKYO (PACNEWS) — On January 17, Japan will host the Third Ministerial Interim Meeting (MIM3) of the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM) process at the Iikura Guest House, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo. [restrict] The meeting will be attended by Foreign Ministers from 14 Pacific islands countries, Australia, and New Zealand. From Japan, Fumio Kishida, […]
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Missing pair were forced to sail to Australia, father says
A New Zealand father who was missing at sea with his six-year-old daughter on a tiny catamaran for 27 days says he was never in danger and that a broken rudder forced him to sail to Australia. However, he turned up about 2600km off course in Ulladulla, New South Wales, on Wednesday. What could have […]
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Obama says ‘yes we did’ in emotive farewell address
Chicago (AFP) – Barack Obama addressed America and the world for the last time as US president Tuesday, in a speech that was both a tearful goodbye and a call to arms. Capping eight years in the White House, Obama returned to his adopted hometown of Chicago to recast his “yes we can” campaign credo […]
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Draining huge African peatland a threat to climate: study
Paris (AFP) – A swampy forest in central Africa the size of England covers previously unknown carbon stocks equivalent to three years’ worth of global CO2 emissions, scientists revealed Wednesday. Draining these peatlands for agriculture, or reduced rainfall due to climate change, would release massive amounts of planet-warming greenhouse gases, they warned in a study […]
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Europe freeze death toll rises to 65
Sofia (AFP) – The death toll from the cold snap hitting parts of Europe rose to at least 65 on Wednesday as Bulgarian authorities reported seven fatalities. They included a couple in their 80s, the only inhabitants of a village in the mountainous region of Smolyan in southern Bulgaria, who were found dead in their […]