Tag: Tonga

WELLINGTON—A deadly volcanic eruption near Tonga in January was the largest ever recorded with modern equipment, a New Zealand-led team ...

The United States launched a major push into the Pacific Wednesday as it seeks to hold off China’s advances in ...

Sydney—Australia’s recently sworn-in Foreign Minister Penny Wong is heading back to the Pacific Islands Wednesday, travelling to Samoa and Tonga ...

Nuku’alofa, Tonga—Internet connection was restored in Tonga on Tuesday, five weeks after a massive volcanic eruption shredded the undersea cable ...

The volcanic eruption near Tonga shredded an 80-kilometre (50 mile) stretch of undersea cable, complicating efforts to reconnect the Pacific ...

Tonga will go into Covid-19 lockdown Wednesday after the virus was detected in a fresh blow to the Pacific kingdom ...

Nuku’Alofa—The Tonga volcanic eruption unleashed explosive forces that dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, NASA scientists have said, ...

Tongans said they were determined to rebuild their battered homeland in the wake of last week’s devastating eruption and tsunami ...

The first humanitarian flights arrived in volcano and tsunami-stricken Tonga Thursday, five days after the dual disaster cut the Pacific ...

Island kingdom 'virtually cut off' Wellington, New Zealand—Aid agencies reported “extensive damage” in the Pacific island nation of Tonga on ...