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Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has announced his caretaker cabinet following his re-election yesterday.  The four senior members appointed include Member for Lae John Rosso, United Resources Party Leader William Duma, Member for Kavieng Ian Ling Stuckey and Kikori’s Soroi Eoe.  They were officially sworn in by the Head of State Grand Chief Sir Bob Dadae, witnessed by Prime Minister James Marape and Gulf Governor Chris Haiveta.  The caretaker cabinet is as follows; 1. James Marape Prime Minister, National Planning, Police, Defence and Correctional Services 2. John Rosso, Deputy Prime Minister, Lands & Physical Planning, Housing, Education, Health and High Education 3. Soroi Eoe, Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Industry, Justice & Attorney General, Bougainville Affairs, Petroleum and Tourism  4. Ian Ling Stuckey, Treasury, Finance and Rural Development, Labour and Industrial Relations, Immigration and Border Security  5. William Duma, State Owned Enterprises, Mining,

Looking for the best vegan-friendly countries? I’ve officially travelled the world* for one year as a vegan proving (in my mind at least) that if I can be vegan whilst moving around and not speaking the languages, you can definitely do it in your own home. (*When I say travelled the world, I mean North America, Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia, totally at 18 countries. It’s definitely not the whole world, but there was a good mix of west and east, poor and rich, English speaking and not, etc.) Here are those countries ranked from worst to best for vegan friendliness! Worst Countries for Vegans These next three countries are the ones I’ve found the hardest to be vegan in… and when I say vegan, I mean eating a plant- (and fungi) based diet as much as possible and doable , among other things (like not supporting zoos, aquariums or leather products, etc). Here we go: #18. Vegan Japan I found that Japan was one of the worst countries for vegans. They don’t even seem to have a su