Quake hits remote part of Papua New Guinea; no casualties

By ROD McGUIRKJuly 17, 2020 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A strong, deep earthquake shook inland Papua New Guinea on Friday, and officials said there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.

Shaking was felt in the capital Port Moresby but not strongly.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the 7.0 magnitude quake was 80 kilometers (53 miles) deep. Shallower quakes tend to cause more surface damage.

Pacific summit ends with no communique as China, US differ

By STEPHEN WRIGHTNovember 18, 2018 GMT

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — An acrimonious meeting of world leaders in Papua New Guinea failed to agree Sunday on a final communique, highlighting widening divisions between global powers China and the U.S.

Pence, Xi trade barbs in speeches at Pacific summit

By JIM GOMEZ and STEPHEN WRIGHTNovember 17, 2018 GMT

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence traded barbs in speeches at a summit of world leaders Saturday, outlining competing visions for global leadership as trade and other tensions between them simmer.

Pence said there would be no letup in President Donald Trump's policy of combating China's mercantilist trade policy and intellectual property theft that has erupted into a tit-for-tat tariff war between the two world powers this year.