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…
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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…
4 years ago
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…
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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…
4 years ago
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,…
4 years ago
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…
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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…
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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…
4 years ago
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…
4 years ago
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