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Afghanistan Beat PNG To Advance At T20 World Cup As NZ Eliminated

Afghanistan underlined their growing status as the dark horses of the 2024 T20 World Cup with a seven-wicket victory over Papua New Guinea on Thursday to advance to the Super Eight phase of the competition and send New Zealand crashing out.

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Samoa to make historic end-of-year tour of England

Samoa will this year play a Test series in England for the first time, while Fiji and PNG are being considered to host Pacific Championship matches.

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NRL insists competitiveness part of PNG criteria

NRL CEO Andrew Abdo has maintained that the league will consider whether a team in Papua New Guinea will be competitive on-field before expansion is approved.

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T20 World Cup 2024 debutants Uganda claim first victory with win over PNG

The ‘cricket cranes’ danced and celebrated with their fans after recording their first-ever win in the T20 World Cup.

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Snakebite diplomacy: Australia offers PNG antivenom

Hundreds of vital antivenom vials will be donated to Papua New Guinea to deal with snake bikes, which kill 1000 people each year in the Pacific island nation.

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West Indies pushed to limit by plucky PNG in their T20 World Cup opener

NEW DELHI: Co-hosts West Indies faced a tough challenge from a spirited Papua New Guinea side before securing a hard-fought five-wicket victory in their T20 World Cup opener in Georgetown on Sunday.

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From injuries to infectious diseases, what are the health risks in the aftermath of PNG’s landslide?

It’s a week since Papua New Guinea (PNG) experienced a massive landslide in the Enga province, in the country’s highlands.

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Papua New Guinea PM blames extraordinary rainfall for deadly landslide

James Marape says the estimated death toll is more than 2,000 people, as rescue efforts in Enga province continue

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Is Australia doing enough to respond to Papua New Guinea’s catastrophic landslide?

The total number of people killed in the landslide in Papua New Guinea’s remote and mountainous Enga Province will probably never be known. Shortly after the entire hillside collapsed on Friday, it was speculated around 150 men, women and children had lost their lives. Such a death toll is tragic…

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Casualty confusion after PNG landslide as aid arrives

Estimated casualties from a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea have ranged from in the hundreds to in the thousands as recovery missions continue.

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Replanting trees can help prevent devastating landslides like the one in PNG – but it’s not a silver bullet

More than 2,000 people are now feared dead after a huge landslide buried a village in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Australia’s nearest neighbour. Rescue efforts are being stymied by the fact the land is still sliding and moving. The disaster has cut the main road into the mountainous…

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Australia stands alongside PNG after landslide: PM

Australia is ready to provide further aid to Papua New Guinea following a landslide that buried more than 2000 people, the prime minister says.

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More than 2,000 people buried in Papua New Guinea landslide

More than 2,000 people were buried by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, the national disaster centre said on Monday, as the government officially asked for international help to reach communities trapped in remote villages where rescue efforts have been hampered by treacherous conditions.

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PNG aid on the way, more considered as death toll rises

The federal government will provide $2.5 million and consider more aid for Papua New Guinea as the death toll from a landslide rises to more than 2000.

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UN estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide

Authorities are trying to establish evacuation centres on safer ground on either side of the massive swath of debris.

The Guardian - AU

Warren Moon: the Australian coach out to revolutionise football in Papua New Guinea

From fixing kit issues to dealing with visa problems, the former Brisbane Roar boss faces a huge challenge in trying to achieve a World Cup dream

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Rugby league in Perth and Papua New Guinea? Here’s what could be next for the NRL

This year the National Rugby League (NRL) opened its season in Las Vegas. It was an audacious move by the league’s ambitious head honcho Peter V’Landys to showcase the game in the United States – and perhaps to attract some gambling industry attention too.

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'Productive' talks, but PNG's NRL fate still uncertain

The Australian government and NRL have held "productive" discussions over the possible inclusion of a team in Papua New Guinea.

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Rwandans arrive in Australia after perilous journey to claim asylum

Hunters reportedly find five Rwandan men in mangroves on Saibai Island, a known crocodile habitat

The Guardian - AU

Australia will seek to return Rwandans to PNG after unauthorised arrival in Torres Strait

Government will require that the five men who claimed asylum will not be sent to a country where they face persecution

The Guardian - AU

Five men in custody after ‘unauthorised’ crossing into Australia through Torres Strait

Australian Border Force officers picked up the men, believed to be Rwandan nationals, on Saibai Island, near Papua New Guinea

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle man accused of financing 'black flight' loaded with $15 million of meth

Michael Bridge claims he had no knowledge of the importation.

The Hindu

Papua New Guinea appoints first defence adviser to India

Col Napyo said the appointment came with a huge responsibility and he was determined to meet his obligations as his service to the country, according to the statement.

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Following 'footsteps of giants': PM embarks on Kokoda

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is preparing to make history and walk sections of the Kokoda Track with Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape.

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