Wellington, Oct 31 (FN Agency) New Zealand’s weather forecast agency MetService will be issuing heat alerts starting Wednesday amid an unusually hot summer. This is the third year that MetService has been trialling alerts to help New Zealanders plan and prepare for extreme heat, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday. “This year, the influence of El Nino conditions across the Pacific is forecast to bring a hotter than usual summer across the eastern areas of New Zealand, leading to additional concern in these regions,” it said. Extreme heat during the summer can be draining and have an impact on people’s daily lives, especially their health and wellbeing, it said, adding that infants, olde. [11:44, 31/10/2023] Kajal UNI: PNG PM meets CPC delegation Port Moresby, Oct 31 (UNI)
The leader of the Pangu Party and Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG), James Marape, met with a delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Monday, discussing the development of China-PNG relations. The CPC delegation is led by Guo Yezhou, deputy head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee. During the meeting, both sides agreed that China and PNG, as good friends, partners, and brothers, should further consolidate political mutual trust and expand bilateral cooperation to benefit the two peoples. The delegation also met with the leader of the People’s National Congress party and former prime minister Peter O’Neill, the leader of the opposition wing in the PNG parliament, Joseph Dennis Lelang, and the General Secretary of the Pangu Party, Morris Tovebae.