it lies in the kingdom of Tonga, and is already nurturing pink flowering plants, sooty tern birds, and even barn owls. Tonga is made up of over 170 islands in the Pacific Ocean, east of Australia.
This year, the kingdom marks 150 years since its monarchy ... On the eastern side of Tonga's main island, Tongatapu, stand monuments to a time when its monarchs were like gods.
The January 2022 eruption of a submarine volcano in the Kingdom of Tonga and the following tsunami had a global impact, and highlighted the importance of monitoring, forecasting, and countermeasures ...
Tonga's debt-laden government is seen as particularly vulnerable to economic pressure from China. The island kingdom owes China's export bank around $130 million – almost a third of its GDP ...