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Tonga virus cases surge in wake of eruption

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) - The Omicron variant coronavirus entered Tonga for the first time in the wake of last month's…

Eruption-hit Tonga closes borders as Covid detected

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) - Volcano-devastated Tonga will close its borders Wednesday after Covid-19 was detected in the previously virus-free Pacific…

Peru government says oil spill twice as big as previously thought

by Francisco JARA Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) - The oil spill off the coast of Peru sparked by a…

Covid outbreak on ship threatens Tonga aid efforts

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) - A Covid-19 outbreak on an Australian warship threatened to disrupt Tonga eruption aid efforts Tuesday, as…

Tonga eruption equivalent to hundreds of Hiroshimas: NASA

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) - The Tonga volcanic eruption unleashed explosive forces that dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb,…

Peru races to save birds threatened by oil spill

by Carlos MANDUJANO Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) - A Lima zoo is racing to save dozens of seabirds, including…

Peru declares environmental emergency on coastal area hit by oil spill

by Ernesto TOVAR Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) - Peru declared an environmental emergency Saturday to battle an oil spill…

Tonga volcano eruption was like ‘atomic bomb’

by Maddison Connaughton Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Tonga's volcanic eruption felt like an "atomic bomb" that shook "the…

Tonga cut off by volcanic blast

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Tonga was virtually cut off from the rest of the world Monday after a massive volcanic…

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