MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia offered to gift Papua New Guinea an extension to its Parliament House as the South Pacific island nation celebrated 50 years of independence on Tuesday.

Ishmael Toroama (left), president of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, presents the Melanesian Agreement (June 2025) alongside PNG Prime Minister James Marape (right). Credit: Facebook / ...

Owners of Flights of Fancy Restaurant in Waterford are asking customers for their support after a longtime server, 45-year-old Amy Kuechle, was critically injured in a single-car crash Saturday. Read ...