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Performers in traditional dresses stand outside of Parliament Haus in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Nov. 16, 2018. At least 26 people has been reported killed by a gang of men in three remote villages last week in Papua New Guinea's north, United Nations and police officials said on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, FILE)

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Gang kills at least 26 villagers in remote Papua New Guinea, officials say
By ROD MCGUIRK - Associated Press
Thu,07/25/24-11:05PM , 135 Reads
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — At least 26 people were killed by a gang in three remote villages in Papua New Guinea’s north and eight villagers remained missing Friday in the latest violence in the South Pacific island nation relating to contested land ownership and sorcery allegations, officia
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Julian Assange's wife Stella Assange and members of his legal team visited Australia’s Parliament House on Thursday to thank a broad spectrum of lawmakers who campaigned for the WikiLeaks founder's freedom.

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Stella Assange thanks Australian lawmakers for WikiLeaks founder's freedom
By ROD MCGUIRK - Associated Press
Thu,06/27/24-1:50AM , 93 Reads
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Stella Assange thanked the spectrum of lawmakers who campaigned for her husband, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, to be freed during her visit Thursday to Australia’s Parliament House,
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Chinese Premier Li Qiang reacts during a visit to Adelaide Zoo, Australia, Sunday, June 16, 2024. Li is on a relations-mending mission with panda diplomacy, rock lobsters and China's global dominance in the critical minerals sector high on the agenda during his four day visit to Australia. (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Pool Photo via AP)

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Chinese premier promises more pandas and urges Australia to put aside differences
By ROD MCGUIRK - Associated Press
Sat,06/15/24-9:48PM , 94 Reads
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Sunday promised a new pair of giant pandas to a zoo and urged Australia to set aside its differences with Beijing at the outset of the first visit to the country by China's second-
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CORRECTS DATE - In this image taken from video, drone footage shows a landslide in Yambali village, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Monday, May 27, 2024. Emergency responders say that up to 8,000 people might need to be evacuated as the mass of boulders, earth and splintered trees that crushed the village of Yambali in the nation's mountainous interior on Friday, May 24 becomes increasingly unstable. (Juho Valta/UNDP Papua New Guinea via AP)

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Papua New Guinea landslide survivors slow to move to safer ground after hundreds buried
By ROD MCGUIRK - Associated Press
Thu,05/30/24-2:12AM , 125 Reads
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Traumatized survivors of the massive landslide estimated to have buried hundreds in Papua New Guinea have been slow to move to safer ground as the South Pacific island nation's authorities prepare to use heavy machiner
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