 Papua New Guinea's petroleum minister Jimmy Maladina has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a woman in the Australian city of Sydney. Police were called to an address near Bondi Beach on Saturday over reports of a domestic dispute. A woman has been rescued off the coast of Japan 36 hours after being swept out to sea. The 21-year-old, who was wearing a rubber ring, had gone swimming at a beach. She was spotted floating in the water by a cargo ship.