Tonga should determine its future, not China or any other country, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said during a multi-day visit to Pacific nations amid growing geopolitical tension. At a televised event with university students in Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa, Sherman noted that the countries are ...
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An earthquake measuring 6,2 on the Richter scale struck Tonga, the US Geological Survey said. The quake's epicenter was 219 kilometers northwest of Pangai at a depth of 14,5 kilometers. The island state of Tonga has recently suffered severe damage from volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.
The eruption of the volcano in Tonga released explosive forces that far exceeded the force of the atomic bomb that the Americans dropped on Hiroshima, NASA scientists estimate. It is clarified that the eruption of the volcano in Tonga was several hundred times stronger than the American atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in August 1945, for…
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About two dozen Covid-19 cases have been reported among the crew of an Australian warship en route to deliver humanitarian aid to Tonga, a country where there has been no case of coronavirus, officials said. Authorities in Tonga, which were hit by a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami on January 15, have called for help without human contact due to…
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A 57-year-old man from Tonga, who was swept away by a volcanic eruption on Saturday, has been dubbed a "true Aquaman" on social media. At least three people have been killed in the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano, which triggered a devastating tsunami that damaged many villages and towns and cut off communication. Lisala Folau, who lives on the small isolated island of Atata…
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