21 June, 2019. The Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) under Resolution EC-71 3(6) has approved the nomination of Dr. Netatua Pelesikoti Taufatofua of the Kingdom of Tonga as a member of the WMO Scientific Advisory Panel.

Asia-Pacific not on track to achieve any Sustainable Development Goal by 2030

New UN report on SDG progress urges countries to redouble efforts

28 January, 2018. Facebook and Google have become “obstacles to innovation” and are a “menace” to society whose “days are numbered”, said billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday.

14 January, 2018. China has protested an Australian minister’s criticisms that Chinese aid programs in poor Pacific island countries were creating “white elephants” that threatened economic stability without delivering benefits.

8 January, 2017. Tonga and Papua New Guinea have been included in a list of countries drawn up by Ukraine from which travellers will now be required to provide biometric data to enter.

12 August, 2017. Guam has posted emergency guidelines to help residents prepare for any potential nuclear attack following the rise in tension between North Korea and the US.

7 August, 2017. The 77 suspects, shown here in pictures released by China's Xinhua news agency, were paraded when they landed in Changchun, in China's northeast.