On Tonga's Tongatapu island, Maka Lahi, a massive coral boulder, stands as evidence of a 15th-century megatsunami. This 1,200 ...

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In order to move the “exceptional” and massive rock, the tsunami was likely around 164-feet tall — the height of the Arc de Triomphe.

The First Nations and Pasifika squad to take on the British and Irish Lions in July will have an experienced coaching staff representative of the region, led by former Wallabies forward and ...

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A memorial service for former Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong was held on Sunday morning at the National Funeral Hall in ...

For an alternative to the fast-paced capital and its crowded tourist haunts, consider the country’s small towns, shaped by incredible landscapes and cultural traditions.

Following the 2006 civil unrest in Tonga, the nation undertook extensive reconstruction in its capital, Nuku’alofa, where 80 percent of the city needed rebuilding. As the Tongan government ...

A major earthquake has rattled Tonga, an archipelago nation in the ... Tongatapu, where the capital city Nuku'alofa is located, and about 50 miles southeast of a different island in the ...

Tonga’s seaside capital Nuku’alofa is hosting the Pacific ... But it was soon back to business as usual in a city where earthquakes are relatively common. Tonga sits atop the seismic Ring ...

That sort of urbanization seems even less likely on tropical archipelagos like Tonga, but there they are, just 12 kilometres from the current capital Nuku ... example of a city to be found ...