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Moderate Quake Hits Pacific Island Nation of Tonga
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN) A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Thursday, with no immediate tsunami warnings reported, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences (GEOFON). The seismic...
TMC and Tonga Announce Updated Sponsorship Agreement for Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd (TOML)
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 4, 2025
The Kingdom of Tonga and TMC’s subsidiary, Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd (TOML), signed a revised Sponsorship Agreement, updating the terms of their agreement signed in 2021 The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga welcomes the new agreement which will...
Experts: Tonga Volcano Eruption Triggers Unprecedented Climate Impacts
MENAFN
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April 30, 2025
(MENAFN) The 2022 Hunga volcano eruption in Tonga unleashed an extraordinary steam plume, causing unprecedented climate effects, primarily driven by water vapor rather than sulfur, according to New Zealand and Tongan scientists. In a collaborative...
RexoSwap Promotes Bitcoin Payment Pilot in Tonga, Strengthening Global Compliance Development
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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January 31, 2025
New York, Jan. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recently, the leading digital asset trading platform RexoSwap announced its formal support for Tonga's Bitcoin payment pilot project, helping the country establish a more modern digital payment...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon
Solomon Islands Government
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September 26, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon Solomon Islands signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. at the margins of...
PM MANELE ATTENDS LEADERS’ PLENARY MEETINGS AND BILATERALS IN TONGA
Solomon Islands Government
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August 30, 2024
PM MANELE ATTENDS LEADERS’ PLENARY MEETINGS AND BILATERALS IN TONGA Prime Minister honorable Jeremiah Manele attended the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum meeting for the first time as the head of the government. The PIF leaders meeting took place in...
Tonga Launches its National Single-Use Plastics Roadmap
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 4, 2024
26 August 2024, Nuku'alofa Tonga - The Kingdom of Tonga today launched a National Single-Use Plastics Roadmap aimed at phasing out single-use plastics (SUPs) in the country. This strategic roadmap will provide a clear pathway for targeted actions...
Championing Disaster Resilience in Tonga
UN International Training and Research Center
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December 2, 2024
In 2017, Luisa – still new to the disaster management field – joined the second cycle of the UNITAR Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme. Since 2016, the programme has been implemented with the support of...
ADB, Solomon Islands, Tonga Sign Agreements for Sustainable Energy Transition Projects at COP29
Asian Development Bank
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November 20, 2024
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (20 November 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the governments of Solomon Islands and Tonga have signed grant and loan agreements for energy projects on the sidelines of COP29. The ADB-supported projects will help the...
UN Resident Coordinator undertook brief courtesy visit to PM Manele
Solomon Islands Government
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November 12, 2024
UN Resident Coordinator undertook brief courtesy visit to PM Manele The United Nations Resident Coordinator for Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu Mr. Dirk […]
The Metals Company Announces Second Quarter 2025 Corporate Update
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 14, 2025
NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC”, the “Company” or “we”), a leading developer of the world’s largest estimated undeveloped resource of critical metals essential to energy, defense,...
Comer Announces Third Hearing on China’s Political Warfare and the Federal Government’s Failure to Address CCP Influence Operations
House Committee on Oversight and Reform - Washington D.C.
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September 17, 2024
WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a hearing titled “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare, Part III.” This is the third hearing in the Committee’s...
Remarks by Your Excellency Fei Mingxing, Chinese Ambassador to Samoa Upon the Occasion of the Donation to SPREP from the Government of the People's Republic of China
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 12, 2024
To Jointly Work Toward a More Resilient Pacific Mr. Sefanaia Nawadra, Director General of SPREP, Ladies and gentlemen, Talofa lava. Today, on behalf of the Chinese Government, I am very pleased to present a donation of US$200,000.00 to the...
6 Years On: Improving District-Level Disaster Preparedness in Tonga
UN International Training and Research Center
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September 3, 2024
When the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai eruption and tsunami happened, Lavinia was in the US. Far from Tonga, she found emotional support with fellow overseas Tongan alumni Sandy Siutiti Tuipulotu and Simata-e-la'ā Palu, both of whom were in...
Visit by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman to the Kingdom of Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, 26 to 29 August 2024
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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August 26, 2024
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman will visit Tonga from 26 to 29 August to attend the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting. The PIF is...
MFAET Minister and delegation joins PIF Forum Leaders meeting in Tonga.
Solomon Islands Government
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September 1, 2024
MFAET Minister and delegation joins PIF Forum Leaders meeting in Tonga. Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka and delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade including the...
Opening Remarks, Honourable Toeolesulusulu Cedric Pose Salesa Schuster, Minister of Natural Resources , Environment and Lands at the 4th Executive Board Meeting, SPREP, 4 September 2024, Apia, Samoa
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 5, 2024
Distinguished delegates, esteemed colleagues, and honored guests, Talofa and Welcome to Samoa and this Fourth SPREP Executive Board Meeting with its theme "A Resilient Blue Pacific Continent Free of Plastics," aligning seamlessly with the 2050...
News Release – DOH Confirms Ninth Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case of 2025
Governor of State of Hawaii
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June 28, 2025
STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KA ʻOIHANA OLAKINO KENNETH FINK DIRECTOR KA LUNA HOʻOKELE DOH REPORTS NINTH TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE OF 2025 25-073 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
Australia Kicks Off Historic Talisman Sabre War Games
MENAFN
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July 13, 2025
(MENAFN) Australia kicked off its most expansive and complex military drill to date, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, with an official ceremony held Sunday aboard the HMAS Adelaide, according to a statement from the Defense Ministry. Now in its 11th...
Former Missionary Charged with Sexually Abusing Minors Abroad
The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Puerto Rico
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July 24, 2025
A former missionary was arrested today in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for sexually abusing minors abroad. William James Purdy, 28, of West Valley, Utah, was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 16 on charges related to the exploitation of minors...