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The Latest Breaking News from Papua New Guinea

PNG's PM Marape tests positive for COVID-19 in Beijing, cancels France trip

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Beijing on Thursday for the opening of the Winter Games and will not be traveling to France next week for an Indo-Pacific summit, his office said on Sunday.

Reuters

Boris Johnson's 50 worst lies, gaffes and scandals as Prime Minister finally resigns

Boris Johnson has announced he will resign as Tory leader - and for so many MPs it was a very, very long time coming. We look back on his 50 worst lies, gaffes and scandals since the start of his career

Daily Mirror

Papua New Guinea repeals death penalty 30 years after reintroduction

Justice minister says state lacks ability to humanely execute those convicted, while PM says PNG is a ‘Christian nation’

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Australia-PNG sign $580m port upgrade deal

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has agreed a $580 million port upgrade deal with Papua New Guinea's leader James Marape.

AAP

Odisha bid to preserve all mangrove species in a small nursery

Globally, only Papua New Guinea has more mangrove species than Bhitarkanika National Park in the State

The Hindu

Papua New Guinea reports first Omicron cases, amid fears over low vaccination rate

Authorities have called for calm while announcing the first case of the virulent strain of Covid-19

The Guardian - AU

Mind of a rapist

The largest international study on rape, carried out by the United Nations for two years involving 10,000 men from Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka, was published in 2013. The study found that rape is not a rarity: one in four men interviewed had raped someone…

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Manus Island riot: G4S chief rejects suggestion company invited PNG police into detention centre

The head of the security company that was in charge of the Manus Island detention centre during February's fatal riot has strongly rejected suggestions it invited Papua New Guinea police inside the fence.

ABC News

Manus Island riot: Independent report by Robert Cornall details deadly detention centre violence

A Salvation Army worker identified as allegedly leading a fatal attack on Iranian asylum seeker Reza Berati on Manus Island in February is expected to be charged in Papua New Guinea. The PNG national has been named in an official report into the riots which took place at the Manus…

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