Papua New Guinea

The plant, now known as Eugenia venteri, was identified from specimens collected from the province's lowland forests.

Kevin and Fetima said paediatricians told them there was no hope for Tom and Sawong.

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East Sepik's leader has urged PNG to focus more on agriculture to address job shortage crisis.

Five people were shot and killed during a police raid in Tsak Valley a day after the New Year.

Starlink has withdrawn their satellite services from Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea says it would provide a key upgrade to its digital backbone and link the north and south of the nation with high-capacity cables.

The unauthorised sale of medical drugs remains a serious and persistent concern in Papua New Guinea, undermining the availability of essential medicines in health facilities. Audio

Tom and Sawong, who were fused at the lower abdomen, had unplanned emergency surgery at Sydney Children's Hospital on Sunday after Tom began to deteriorate rapidly.

The boys had a seven-hour operation in Australia to surgically separate them on Sunday, but only one of the boys survived.

Surgery in Australia to separate fragile conjoined twins from Papua New Guinea is imminent, as one of the tiny boys is failing fast.

The boys, Tom and Sawong, were born two months ago in remote PNG.

Since 2022, twelve sitting MPs and provincial governors have died while still in office - almost a tenth of the total 118 seats.

However, MPs say "record budgets" are failing to translate into basic services on the ground.

It comes as Australia, PNG and Indonesia prepare to hold trilateral meetings to help assuage Jakarta's concerns over a landmark defence treaty inked by Australia and PNG in October.

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