Sydney (AFP) – Horrific footage of dead and dying sheep on ships bound for the Middle East has prompted sweeping reforms to Australia’s live export trade, but Canberra stopped short of an outright ban Thursday. Video images taken last year showed heat-stricken sheep crammed together in small, stifling pens and covered in excrement, shocking the […]
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China again flies bombers, fighter jets in circles around Taiwan
BEIJING–Bombers and fighter jets from China’s air force conducted encirclement drills around Taiwan on Friday, the latest round of increasingly frequent military maneuvers near the self-ruled island that Taipei has denounced as intimidation. China claims Taiwan as its sacred territory, and its hostility towards the island has grown since the 2016 election of President Tsai […]
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PNG and Philippines sign co-operation agreement
Papua New Guinea and the Philippines have signed an agriculture co-operation agreement. It’s one of the outcomes of a bilateral meeting between the Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte and PNG’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill who is in Manilla on a state visit. The leaders issued a joint declaration which outlined moves to expand cooperation in agriculture […]
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EVER WONDER
– Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin? — Why women can’t put on mascara with their mouth closed? — Why don’t you ever see the headline “Psychic Wins Lottery”? — Why is “abbreviated” such a long word? — Why is it that doctors call what they do “practice”? — Why is […]
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Aries (Mar.21 – Apr.19) You have acquired some sound confidence in yourself, Aries. Now it is time for you to show everyone else by actually putting it to use in your life. It’s as though you have symbolically just completed an in-depth acting class. Well, now is the time to go on stage. Smile, remember […]
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EU, Palau strengthen bilateral relations
The Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation for the Pacific, Ambassador Julian Wilson paid an official visit to the Republic of Palau from 23 to 27 April. On the island nation located in the North Pacific, the Ambassador presented his credentials to Palau Vice President Raynold Oilouch and had productive discussions with senior government […]