International news brief: Huge quake hits Papua New Guinea; Next generation of royals to see more scrutiny

International

pti-Deepika S

Wellington,
Sep
11:
A
7.6-magnitude
earthquake
hit
northeastern
Papua
New
Guinea.
Initial
readings
put
the
quake
at
a
depth
of
some
50
to
60
kilometers
(30
to
40
miles)
located
67
kilometers
(42
miles)
east
of
Kainantu,
a
sparsely
populated
area.

The
US
Geological
Survey,
which
reported
the
quake,
issued
a
tsunami
warning
but
subsequently
said
the
threat
“has
now
passed”.

The
extent
of
damage
is
not
yet
clear,
but
the
USGS
estimates
“some
casualties
and
damage
are
possible
and
the
impact
should
be
relatively
localized.”
Papua
New
Guinea
is
located
on
the
eastern
half
of
the
island
of
New
Guinea,
to
the
east
of
Indonesia
and
north
of
eastern
Australia.

Sports
in
Britain
resume,
pay
tribute
to
Queen
Elizabeth
II

Wearing
black
armbands,
test
cricketers
from
England
and
South
Africa
held
a
minute’s
silence
before
a
bell
was
chimed
once
by
a
high-ranking
member
of
the
military
at
the
Oval.
Over
to
the
west
of
London,
golfers
from
around
the
world
paused
their
rounds
and
other
pros,
officials
and
caddies
gathered
on
the
putting
green
in
front
of
the
first
tee
at
Wentworth
to
hold
a
two-minute
period
of
silence,
also
impeccably
observed.
There
were
moving
and
respectful
tributes
to
Queen
Elizabeth
II
on
Saturday
as
sports
resumed
in
Britain
following
a
nationwide
shutdown
Friday
as
a
mark
of
respect
for
the
monarch
of
more
than
70
years
who
died
at
the
age
of
96
on
Thursday.

Stepping
up:
Next
generation
of
royals
to
see
more
scrutiny

Prince
William
and
wife
Kate
made
a
surprise
joint
appearance
with
Prince
Harry
and
wife
Meghan,
warmly
greeting
a
large
crowd
gathered
outside
Windsor
Castle
to
remember
their
long-reigning
monarch,
Queen
Elizabeth
II.
Their
“walkabout”,
the
first
time
the
brothers
have
appeared
amicably
together
in
public
since
March
2020,
comes
at
a
time
when
the
younger
generation
of
Britain’s
royal
family
must
step
up
their
responsibilities
significantly.

William,
long
second-in-line
to
the
throne,
is
now
the
heir
apparent
after
his
father,
King
Charles
III,
became
Britain’s
new
monarch
upon
his
mother’s
death.
That
means
William
and
Kate,
both
40
and
parents
of
three
young
children,
immediately
assume
a
much
more
central
role
as
the
new
face
of
the
monarchy.

with
agency
inputs