New Zealand extends Auckland ‘lockdown’ for 12 days
AUCKLAND, Aug 14, 2020, BBC. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a 12-day…
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Papua New Guinea province votes no to open cast mine
PORT MORESBY, Aug 13, 2020, RNZ. The East Sepik provincial assembly in Papua New Guinea…
Last decade was Earth’s hottest on record: American Meteorological Society
WASHINGTON D.C., Aug 13, 2020, CNN. A new report released Wednesday details how 2019 was…
New Zealand’s Auckland may extend lockdown as Covid-19 cases rise
AUCKLAND, Aug 13, 2020, AFP. A coronavirus cluster in Auckland has risen to 17 cases,…
[Analytics] South Korea is building its first aircraft carrier
South Korea plans to start building its first aircraft carrier next year, and acquire fighter…
Billionaire Clive Palmer’s court play could ‘bankrupt Western Australia’
PERTH, Aug 12, 2020, Perth Now. Legislation to terminate Clive Palmer’s legal challenge against the…
New Zealand considers freight as possible source of new coronavirus cluster
WELLINGTON, Aug 12, 2020, Reuters. New Zealand officials are investigating the possibility that its first…
Papua New Guinea set to lift lockdown despite recent surge in cases
PORT MORESBY, Aug 11, 2020, Reuters. Papua New Guinea’s prime minister James Marape is pressing…
Australia pins hopes on potential Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine
CANBERRA, Aug 11, 2020, 9News. The Federal Government is positioning itself to secure and manufacture…
Australia’s northern region to face coronavirus measures until 2022
SYDNEY, Aug 11, 2020, AFP. Australia’s Northern Territory will be closed to visitors from virus…
[Analytics] The frustrating pace of a Cooks travel bubble
The pace of progress towards opening a travel bubble with coronavirus free Pacific countries has…
[Analytics] Displacement in Indonesia’s borderlands a threat to indigenous populations
In late July, the Forest People’s Programme (FPP), a nonprofit that works on behalf of…