Pope Francis will make a three-day visit to Papua New Guinea next August, as confirmed this Thursday to EFE by the Episcopal Conference of this Oceanian country. A spokesperson for the Episcopal Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands told EFE by telephone that The pope will stay three days in this country ...
Witness captures fire, looting during riots in Papua New Guinea The prime minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marapedeclared this Thursday the state of emergency in his country due to the riots in several cities that have caused the death of at least sixteen people. Marape announced that the measure will initially be maintained for ...
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville was an 18th century French sailor. After participating without much success in the Seven Years’ War (1756 – 1763), he began a fruitful career as an explorer. His first destination was the Malvinas Islands, which he conquered on behalf of the French crown in 1764.. He founded a colony but it did ...
Zac Efron narrowly escaped death after being struck by a serious infection while filming his new TV show in Papua New Guinea, according to reports. The 32-year-old was filming a documentary series called Killing Zac Efron (Kill Zac Efron) when became ill with a “form of typhoid or a similar bacterial infection” just before Christmas, ...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Chinese mining company in Papua New Guinea claims to have immunized employees against COVID-19 in an apparent vaccination test, a newspaper reported Friday. The South Pacific island nation’s Health Minister Jelta Wong said his department is investigating Ramu NiCo (MCC) Ltd’s claims, according to The Australian. National Pandemic Response Director ...
This Wednesday, Australia demanded that AstraZeneca and the European Union urgently access one million doses of the vaccine it had purchased to supply to Papua New Guinea, which is registering a new outbreak of Covid-19. Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared that he wants to use the doses Australia has ordered and paid for to help ...
Lost in the Pacific, two inhabitants of the Solomon Islands They survived 29 days in a seven-meter boat thanks to coconuts, oranges and prayersbefore being rescued off the coast of Papua New Guinea, 400 kilometers (250 miles) away from the starting point on Mono Island. The two men They were traveling between two islands in ...
The eruption of Papua New Guinea’s tallest volcano subsided on Tuesday, but thick ash still rose into the sky and covered nearby roofs and palm trees. One of the most active volcanoes in the South Pacific nation, the Mount Ulawunerupted on Monday afternoon, throwing ashes up to 15 kilometers high (50,000 feet). The alert level ...
