Laura Chung
Correspondent at Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Correspondent for @AFP covering Australia, New Zealand and Pacific islands | former climate reporter @smh and @abcnews | views are my own
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naiz.eus | Laura Chung
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yahoo.com | Laura Chung
In one of his final acts, Pope Francis cleared the way for Papua New Guinea to get its first saint -- an anti-polygamy preacher who died in prison during Japan's World War II occupation. The late pontiff confided to religious leaders in the Pacific nation that he wanted to personally oversee the canonisation of "martyr" Peter To Rot. Now, that honour will fall to his successor.
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yahoo.com | Laura Chung
Laura CHUNGThu, April 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM UTC2 min readA pair of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands unexpectedly hit by Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs may be the world's most inhospitable spot for international trade. When Australia's remote, uninhabited outposts were slugged with US levies, memes of their best-known residents -- king penguins -- exploded on social media.
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japantimes.co.jp | Laura Chung
Pacific microstate Nauru is selling citizenship to fund its retreat from rising seas, President David Adeang said, opening a contentious "golden passport" scheme as other climate financing runs dry. The low-lying island nation of around 13,000 residents is planning a mass inland relocation as creeping seas start to eat away at its fertile coastal fringe. It will drum up funding by selling passports to foreigners for U.S.$105,000 each, despite fears such schemes are ripe for criminal exploitation.
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barrons.com | Laura Chung
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Papua New Guinea will "immediately" lift a ban on forest carbon credit schemes, the Pacific nation's climate minister told AFP on Thursday, opening up its vast wilderness to offset global pollution
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