Nov 21 (Reuters) - The Pacific island nation of Tonga is awaiting the selection of a new prime minister, after a national election on Thursday saw 10 of 17 people's representatives returned to ...

New England Patriots nose tackle Khyiris Tonga is taking after his head coach, Mike Vrabel, who famously played on both sides of the ball. Asked about Tonga's two-way ability, Vrabel pointed out that ...

Tonga’s economy is expanding steadily, driven by stronger-than-expected grant inflows, elevated remittances, a rebound in tourism, and fiscal support for the reconstruction. Headline inflation has ...

FOXBOROUGH — Four years ago, Khyiris Tonga waited and waited for a call. On Day 3 of the 2021 NFL Draft, Tonga’s phone didn’t ring until the end of the seventh round. The Bears selected him with the ...

A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of ...

Tonga, a Pacific Island nation with deep connections to the ocean and its non-human inhabitants, could become the first country in the world to recognize that whales have inherent rights. Speaking in ...

Volcanoes erupting underwater have a distinctive effect on the climate that is larger and more widespread than previously thought, according to an international group led by University of Auckland and ...

A volcanic eruption in the South Pacific was so powerful that its shockwaves left the planet and reached space, new research shows. The 2022 underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai eruption, one of the ...

Pacific Island nations are highly vulnerable to debt distress, with Tonga carrying one of the heaviest burdens. The Pacific is the most aid-dependent region in the world, and like many countries in ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga early Monday morning, prompting a tsunami warning that has since been lifted. The U.S. Geological Survey said that the earthquake hit about 62 ...

SYDNEY, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala has been named minister for defence and foreign affairs, taking on the key government roles in the Pacific Islands nation a week ...