Tonga
- Asia Pacific, Pacific islands, Tonga, Trump administration, Trump travel ban, US immigration, World news
‘Tonga is not a threat’: anger as small Pacific nation falls under Trump visa restrictions
Community leaders raise alarm over study links and Polynesian ties, with Tonga to face restrictions from Janua…
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Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say
Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common an…
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The woman unlocking the mysteries of the deep sea in Fiji
Nicknamed ‘Moana’, Charlene Erasito is the only female Pacific Islander on the expedition to document unexplor…
- Asia Pacific, Kiribati, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, US foreign policy, USAid, World news
Explainer: what will the withdrawal of USAid mean for the Pacific?
Analyst says while USAid supports hundreds of jobs, the most significant damage from Donald Trump’s cuts will …
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Tonga government elects ’Aisake Valu Eke as new prime minister
The new leader was chosen by secret ballot two weeks after the previous premier resigned abruptly amid a power…
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‘We can’t even buy our own land’: the Tongan women pushing for change
Women are only permitted to lease land in the Pacific country as advocacy groups call for reform to the system…
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Last-minute Taiwan drama and a policing plan: five things we learned at the Pacific Islands Forum
China’s representative demanded the scrapping of language about Taiwan in the final communique; Pacific countr…
- Anthony Albanese, Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian politics, Pacific islands, Pacific Islands Forum, Tonga
Australian PM caught on camera joking with senior US official over funding of Pacific policing plan
Anthony Albanese told journalists to ‘chill out’ over the comments filmed in the wings of the Pacific Islands …
- Anthony Albanese, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian politics, China, Pacific Islands Forum, Tonga, Vanuatu
Tongan PM Sovaleni and Australian PM Albanese give details of Pacific police training plan – video
The Tongan prime minister, Hu’akavemeiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, and the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanes…
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‘Even in the teeth of a gale, she has time for a hula’: the sailor breaking barriers on the Pacific ocean
First female Fijian sail master on traditional vessel Uto ni Yalo led a difficult week-long voyage to the Paci…
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‘A crisis entirely of humanity’s making’: UN chief issues climate SOS on trip to Pacific
António Guterres calls for a ‘massive’ increase in finance and support for the countries most vulnerable to ri…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, China, Climate crisis, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Pacific islands, Pacific Islands Forum, Tonga
UN chief to push for more climate change action at Pacific leaders’ summit
António Guterres to attend Pacific Islands Forum (Pif) in Tonga with climate crisis and unrest in New Caledoni…
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Parts of Tonga without internet after cables damaged and Starlink ordered to cease operations
The island networks of Vava’u and Haʻapai were cut more than two weeks ago following damage to the undersea ca…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, China, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Zealand, Pacific islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Pacific, Tonga, US news, Vanuatu
Mapped: the vast network of security deals spanning the Pacific, and what it means
Guardian analysis shows web of agreements between Pacific countries and Australia, US and China, as experts ra…
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Biden seeks to win over Pacific leaders as Solomon Islands turns back on talks
‘Historic’ summit seen as part of effort to counter Beijing in the region as Pacific leaders seek more support…