Papua New Guinea

25 photos from Pope Francis' mass in Jakarta: 100,000 people attended

25 photos from Pope Francis’ mass in Jakarta: 100,000 people attended

Jakarta, Sep 5 (EFE).- The Pope Francis celebrated a mass this Thursday for about 100,000 people who filled Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno Stadium and the adjacent Madya Stadium and who in his homily asked to continue “building a civilization of peace”. Despite the heat and humidity in the Indonesian capital, the Pope traveled in the ...

The smiling bat, an ecological hero in the rainforests

The smiling bat, an ecological hero in the rainforests

Deep in the rainforests of Papua New Guineaan unusual discovery has captured the attention of the scientific community and the general public. Dubbed the “Yoda bat” due to its remarkable resemblance to the Jedi Master From Star Wars, this flying mammal has been officially recognized as a new species, standing out for its unique appearance ...

Papuan guerrillas killed a pilot and burned his helicopter, but released its passengers because they were from a nearby village

Papuan guerrillas killed a pilot and burned his helicopter, but released its passengers because they were from a nearby village

Indonesian police say Papua New Guinea rebels killed a New Zealand helicopter pilot Gunmen stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly after it landed in Indonesia’s troubled Papua region on Monday, freeing two health workers and two children it was carrying, police said. Glen Malcolm Conninga pilot for the Indonesian aviation company ...

Papua New Guinea estimates that more than 2,000 people were buried in last week's landslide

Papua New Guinea estimates that more than 2,000 people were buried in last week's landslide

More than 2,000 people may have been buried in a landslide on Friday, a government official in South Africa told the United Nations on Monday. Papua New Guineawhich officially requested international help. The government figure is about three times higher than the United Nations estimate of 670 dead in the landslide in the mountainous interior ...

At least 100 people died after a landslide in Papua New Guinea

At least 100 people died after a landslide in Papua New Guinea

The landslide has buried 1,182 houses, in a town where 3,895 people live It is estimated that more than 100 people died this Friday in a landslide that buried a village in a remote, mountainous area of Papua New Guinea. An emergency response is underway, officials in the South Pacific island nation said. The landslide ...