PAPUA New Guinea celebrated 50 years of independence in September 2025, but corruption remains an existential threat to the state.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel's visit included key discussions on diplomacy, agriculture, innovation, technology, ...

In 1950, James Baldwin and his lover, the painter Lucien Happersberger, set out from Paris for the mountains of Switzerland, where Baldwin, then around 25, hoped to climb his way out of a creative ...

Sustained investments to promote women’s representation in decision-making are essential to meet PNG’s urgent WaSH needs, say Fanian, Walton and Cox.

“It was an honor for me,” said artist Noé Silva. “The truth is that it was something we had been working on for over a year until it was finally completed and inaugurated.” After years of controversy ...

Catholic communities in a Pacific nation celebrated their national pride recently when the country's first saint was ...

The Cook Islands Aitu men’s team are in the country reconnecting with their roots while plotting their next move following a ...

For decades, Chinese migrants flocked to the resource-rich island to earn quick money and move on. Now, as China’s presence grows across the Pacific, a younger generation is choosing to stay.

Oct 16 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck Papua province in Indonesia on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 70 km (43.5 miles), USGS ...

The gift is twice the amount Ms. Scott contributed to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund in 2021. The action fund is the largest privately funded resource in the United States ...

Daniella Santoro and her husband, Aaron Lorenzo, were doing yardwork at their New Orleans home in March when he found a marble slab beneath a lemon tree, hidden under a tangle of thick vines and dirt.

Travel advisors know that upscale cruise clients often desire to do more than simply view iconic sites ashore. Increasingly they also seek to explore local culture, music, storytelling, tastes and ...