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OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Accusations of witchcraft and violence in society: Caritas' commitment to combating them
Fides
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June 20, 2025
Caritas Papua Nuova Guinea Kundiawa (Agenzia Fides) – In the province of Simbu, in Papua New Guinea, so-called violence related to accusations of witchcraft represents one of the most serious and horrific forms of aggression between families and...
New digital MOU and cable talks signal closer PNG-Australia tech collaboration
NBC PNG
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Australian Minister for Communications & Sports, Anika Wells (left) and PNG ICT Minister Timothy Masiu during the meeting in Australia this week (NBC News) Papua New Guinea and Australia have strengthened their digital partnership following an...
Scientists SOLVE the mystery of the 'Dragon Man': Ancient skull is first ever found from lost group of ancient humans that lived 217,000 years ago
Daily Mail
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June 20, 2025
It has baffled scientists since it was first discovered back in 2018. But the mystery of the 'Dragon Man' skull has finally been solved - as a new study reveals its true identity. Using DNA samples from plaque on the fossil's teeth, researchers...
Papua New Guinea's electoral integrity under scrutiny ahead of 2027 polls
RNZ
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June 18, 2025
Papua New Guinea will hold its National General Election in 2027. Photo: Supplied A new report from Papua New Guinea's National Research Institute (NRI) has called for immediate reforms of electoral boundaries before the 2027 National General...
PNG Technology & Innovation Summit 2025: A Milestone in Papua New Guinea’s Digital Evolution
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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June 19, 2025
Datec PNG Limited is honored to have hosted the inaugural PNG Technology & Innovation Summit 2025, a transformative event that brought together visionaries, innovators, and leaders to chart the course for Papua New Guinea’s digital future. This...
Seven new freshwater lobster species discovered in W Papua
Antara
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June 21, 2025
Yogyakarta (ANTARA) - A research team from the Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), has discovered seven new species of freshwater lobster in Indonesia’s West Papua region. Their findings, the result of a biodiversity exploration...
Papua New Guinea Signs Major Ocean Treaty at UN Oceans Conference
PNG Business News
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Papua New Guinea has signed a landmark treaty for the governance of the high seas at the 3rd United Nations Oceans Conference in Nice, France. Prime Minister Hon. James Marape signed the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine...
Aussie bird sets record with nonstop 38-hour flight to Papua New Guinea
Xinhua News Agency
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CANBERRA, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists have, for the first time, tracked the epic journey of a young plumed egret that flew nonstop from Australia to Papua New Guinea in about 38 hours. Using GPS transmitters, researchers monitored 18...
This Aussie bird flew from Australia to Papua New Guinea in 38h without stopping
Scimex Newsfeed
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June 15, 2025
Australian scientists have, for the first time, used GPS to track 18 young egrets as they leave nesting sites, and they found that they can travel vast distances, with one plumed egret flying from Australia to Papua New Guinea in 38 hours without...
Scientists track egret's 38-hour flight
The Rising Nepal
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Sydney, June 17: A species of heron has been tracked flying for almost two days non-stop between Australia and Papua New Guinea during its northern migration, scientists say. Australian researchers used GPS to follow eight plumed egrets and 10...
Papua New Guinea’s premier business magazine to publish second annual edition of Mining & Energy publication
Business Advantage PNG
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June 11, 2025
Porgera – Haul trucks assembled in the mine open pit. Credit: NPL As PNG’s resources sector gears up for an anticipated decade or more of new investment, with an estimated US$50 billion pipeline of projects lined up for development, Business...
Protect This Place: The Headwaters of Papua New Guinea’s Strickland River
The Good Men Project - California
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June 12, 2025
By William H. Thomas, Ph.D. Stretching northward from Papua New Guinea’s Central Range is a globally significant wilderness area located along the riverine systems that mark the intersection of the Central Range and the Star Highlands. Here the...
President marks Father's Day with video tribute to Sheikh Zayed
The National News
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President Sheikh Mohamed has shared a touching video with the world on Father's Day. The 42-second clip, shot in black and white, was posted on X and shows UAE Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, with his sons. "Our...
Scientists Track Egret's 38-hour Flight from Australia to PNG
Asharq Al-Awsat
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June 16, 2025
A species of heron has been tracked flying for almost two days non-stop between Australia and Papua New Guinea during its northern migration, scientists say. Australian researchers used GPS to follow eight plumed egrets and 10 great egrets over a...
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LiveScience
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June 9, 2025
The first ancient human genomes analyzed from Papua New Guinea reveal that some of the early groups that lived there were completely genetically isolated from their neighbors, showing there was little intermarriage at multiple points in time, a...
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Iodine Deficiency in Reproductive Women From 1990 to 2019, and Projections to 2035: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study in 2019
Dove Medical Press
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June 21, 2025
1Department of General Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People’s...
PNG Vision: Integral Human Development
Lekmak
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June 21, 2025
If we look back to 1973, as Papua New Guinea prepared for independence, a powerful set of ideals was laid out: the National Goals and Directive Principles. At their core was a bold vision: Integral Human Development. What Does ‘Integral Human...
Datec-backed PNG Technology & Innovation Summit 2025 Sets Milestone in Country’s Digital Evolution
PNG Business News
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Papua New Guinea took a bold step toward digital transformation as Datec PNG Limited successfully hosted the inaugural PNG Technology & Innovation Summit 2025 at the Stanley Hotel in Port Moresby on 27-28 March 2025. The landmark event convened...
Four new snake species discovered in Papua New Guinea’s wild islands
The Times of India
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Decades of too little sampling and widespread misidentification, particularly in island areas that are far from access to researchers, have posed challenges to the science of herpetology in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since its beginning. But a recent...
Science news this week: Overdue earthquakes and star-shaped brain cells
LiveScience
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June 14, 2025
This week's science news saw us looking deep into the cosmos and the depths of our oceans. To understand the universe today, we need to look back at its earliest epoch, a period about 13 billion years ago known as the cosmic dawn. Until now,...