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By Kirsty Needham and Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will provide Papua New Guinea (PNG) A$600 million ($382.80 million) over 10 years to support its team's entry to the National Rugby ...

The "soft power" aspect to this sports diplomacy initiative has never been a secret. But in the game of regional politics, ...

Australia pledges A$600 million to help Papua New Guinea (PNG) enter the National Rugby League, aligning this with a security ...

The Australian government has signed a confidential agreement with Papua New Guinea, its second security pact in the Pacific in just under a week, in the latest move by the US ally to attempt to ...

A$600 million ($382.80 million) over 10 years to support its team's entry to the National Rugby League, a deal both countries said dovetails with Australia's security support for its Pacific neighbour ...

Pacific police chiefs have formally opened the headquarters and training center for a new stand-by, mutual assistance force ...

The deal, which also seeks to boost Australian tourism to PNG, comes as Australia seeks to limit China's security ambitions in the Pacific Islands. "Rugby league is the national sport of Papua New ...

Taiwanese officials detected 53 Chinese military aircraft, 11 People’s Liberation Army Navy ships and eight other Chinese ...

The PNG prime minister told Australian government leaders he didn’t want a gift to celebrate the country’s independence in ...

The Pacific is​​, as former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described in 2018, a region where “we have special ...

Bougainville must be able to fund at least half of its budget if the Pacific archipelago's aspiration of political ...