“My country does not deserve to be labeled as such,” James Marape hit back at the U.S. president.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said Monday that he was offended by President Biden's recent comments suggesting his uncle was eaten by cannibals in the Oceanic nation during World War II. Marape expressed disappointment in a statement Monday that Biden would suggest his nation was rife with cannibals, noting also that Papua New Guinea was unwillingly pulled into the global conflict in the 1940s. Biden's comments suggesting his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan Jr., was eaten in...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities say a strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea, but there is no tsunami alert or immediate report of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said in a statement the quake struck the South Pacific Island nation 110 kilometers (68 miles) southeast of the West New Britain provincial capital
Strong earthquake rattles Papua New Guinea, but there is no tsunami alert or reports of damage
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape
By ROD McGUIRK (Associated Press) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II. Biden’s comments offended a key strategic ally as China moves […]
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is hitting back at President Joe Biden.Last week, Biden suggested that his uncle, World War II veteran Ambrose J. Finnegan, was eaten by cannibals in New Guinea after crashing into the Pacific Ocean in May 1944. It's true that Finnegan's body was never recovered, but there is no evidence that cannibals ate him. — (@) In a statement, Marape condemned Biden for having "appeared to imply his uncle was eaten by...
The Pacific nation’s foreign minister says he hopes the White House can put the record straight.
The prime minister of Papua New Guinea is not so happy about comments made by U.S. President Biden, in which he alluded to an incident involving his uncle and cannibals in the South Pacific island nation.