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St Helens captain Lees signs for new NRL franchise Papua New Guinea from 2028
Matty Lees: St Helens captain and England star signs for new NRL franchise Papua New Guinea Chiefs from 2028 PNG Chiefs have signed St Helens skipper Matty Lees for 2028; they will join the NRL as a new franchise in 18 months time; watch every game of Super League live on Sky Sports this season - including two matches in each round exclusively live Tuesday 2 June 2026 08:48, UK St Helens have announced that their captain and England prop Matty Lees will join new NRL franchise PNG Chiefs from...
Vavanagi: a Community-run Platform for Documentation of the Hula Language in Papua New Guinea
arXiv:2603.14210v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We present Vavanagi, a community-run platform for Hula (Vula'a), an Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea with approximately 10,000 speakers. Vavanagi supports crowdsourced English-Hula text translation and voice recording, with elder-led review and community-governed data infrastructure. To date, 77 translators and 4 reviewers have produced over 12k parallel sentence pairs covering 9k unique Hula words.
'Desert' of floating rock traps islands after undersea volcanic eruption
Titan Ridge volcano in Papua New Guinea inundates Manus coastlines with pumice stone Mon 8 Jun 2026 at 1:17pm In short: Papua New Guineans are concerned about access to food and fresh water after volcanic rock inundated the sea around their islands. The undersea volcano in the Bismark Sea has caused pumice stone to cover much of the ocean in Manus Province. The PNG government said it was assessing the situation and determining how best to respond.
Australian men guilty after taking 'black flight' to flee country
Three Australian men have been found guilty by a District Court in Merauke after taking a "black flight" into Indonesia's South Papua province. Two of the defendants, who ran a tobacco company together, allege they were fleeing Australia after being threatened. All three are expected to be deported to Australia from Indonesia this month, with time served.
Suspected World War II ordnance explodes in Indonesia, five dead
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Philippines issues tsunami warning after deadly 7.8 earthquake
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Hull KR's Martin to retire after World Cup
Hull KR forward Rhyse Martin is set to retire from rugby league following his participation in the World Cup with Papua New Guinea this autumn. The announcement confirms his decision to step away from the sport after his international commitments.
Hull KR's Martin to retire after World Cup
Hull KR forward Rhyse Martin is set to retire from rugby league following his participation in the World Cup with Papua New Guinea this autumn. The announcement confirms the end of his career after representing the nation.
Majestic manta rays dive deep to survive storm events, data reveal
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