Viewpoint: Auction houses in the UK still sell human remains, and it's time they stopped
In early October, The Swan auction house in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, listed several lots of human remains for sale, including ...
Panda1y
Belching out copper, gold and waste
In the upper catchment of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s Western Province lies the country's biggest money-maker: the Ok Tedi copper and gold mine. Churning out some 80,000 tonnes of waste ...
Sacramento Bee24d
‘Large’ creature with ‘lemon yellow’ belly found on tree trunk. It’s a new species
Scientists found an “unusual” creature with a “lemon yellow” belly on a tree in Papua New Guinea and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Kraus, Vahtera and Weijola (2024 ...
Lowy Institute1mon
How Australia can get better results in Papua New Guinea
In almost exactly one year, Australia’s closest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, will be celebrating 50 years of independence. However, since well before then, since at least the earliest days of European ...
Democracy Now13d
Papua New Guinea to Boycott U.N. Climate Talks After Calling Out “Empty Talk” of Polluters
Papua New Guinea’s leaders have withdrawn from this month’s COP29 U.N. climate summit, after slamming pledges by the world’s biggest polluters as “empty talk.” Foreign Minister Justin ...
The Economist14d
Australia is trying to ruck China in Papua New Guinea
E ver since Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, visited Papua New Guinea (PNG) in April, Australia has been trying to fend off a security pact between the two countries. Mr Wang ...
BBC10mon
Papua New Guinea: At least 15 dead after major rioting and looting
A state of emergency has been declared in Papua New Guinea's capital after at least 15 people were killed in rioting. More than 1,000 troops are on standby "to step in wherever necessary", Prime ...
BBC11mon
Bougainville: Will it become the world's next country?
Women in tribal colours attend a Bougainville reconciliation ceremony in November An island group that's part of Papua New Guinea is about to vote on independence. And, if the poll goes as ...
Upstream27d
Floating LNG project gets off the ground in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea's national oil company has signed an agreement with an experienced engineering and construction company for the country's first floating liquefied natural gas project. Kumul ...
Upstream27d
New gas volumes imminent for Papua New Guinea's flagship LNG project
ExxonMobil and its joint venture partners in the Papua New Guinea LNG project will soon receive a much-needed injection of new gas from a US$1 billion gas field development in the jungles of the ...
Exchange Rates6mon
US Dollar (USD) to Papua New Guinea Kina (PGK) exchange rate history
Saturday 9 November 2024 1 USD = 4.0149 PGK 4.0149 4.0363 USD PGK rate for 09/11/2024 Friday 8 November 2024 1 USD = 4.0148 PGK 4.0140 4.0130 USD PGK rate for 08/11/2024 Thursday 7 November 2024 1 ...