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Monday 16 November 2020 12:34pm
Oxford, United Kingdom : The last time the world faced challenges as serious as those facing us now was in the period immediately following World War II. At that time there was an extraordinary burst of international institutional creativity, led by the United States. The late 1940s saw the creation of the IMF, the World Bank, the Marshall Plan, the United Nations, which the WHO joined in 1948, and the GATT, now the WTO. If countries in Asia want a multilateral system to survive, they need to promote, use and improve it. The G20 Summit in Riyadh on 20–21 November will provide an opportunity to push forward this agenda. By David Vines / East Asia Forum. -
Monday 16 November 2020 12:07pm
Beijing, China : New York Times reporting: After eight years of talks, China and 14 other nations from Japan to New Zealand to Myanmar on Sunday formally signed one of the world’s largest regional free trade agreements, a pact shaped by Beijing partly as a counterweight to U.S. influence in the region.
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Monday 16 November 2020 11:29am
Sydney, Australia : New York Times reporting: Nanaia Mahuta entered New Zealand’s Parliament as the youngest Maori woman to ever gain a seat. More than two decades later, she has become the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, another trailblazing first. Labour’s newly elected majority is made up mostly of women...it is, by far, the most diverse Parliament the country has ever seen, reflecting New Zealand’s demographics and its place within the broader Pacific islands. Premium content -
Friday 13 November 2020 5:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Dr Netatua Pelesikoti Taufatofua, a distinguished Tongan scientist, passed away suddenly in Nuku’alofa on 11 November. -
Friday 13 November 2020 4:52pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Similati Tupou was found guilty of possession of .1 grams of methamphetamine and 94 .22 blank ammunitions without a license at Pahu. He will be sentenced on December 14. Premium content -
Friday 13 November 2020 4:46pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Master Tome Suasau [39] was sentenced to eight-months imprisonment, which was fully suspended for possession of .48 grams of methamphetamine, at 'Umusi. The court heard the door to the workplace was opened by the accused and police restrained him and started the search. Also inside were accused persons, Kuliti Tongamoa and 'Epeli Taione. Premium content -
Friday 13 November 2020 4:00pm
Suva, Fiji : Fiji Airways and the South Pacific Cruise Alliance (SPCA) have been appointed to the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) Board of Directors. Premium content -
Friday 13 November 2020 12:00pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: The New York Times and other news media outlets have not anointed Biden the winner of the presidential election but have just done the math: the former vice president has won enough states by enough votes that Trump cannot overcome those deficits through legal challenges or recounts. Most states are set to certify their election results and declare winners by the end of November. Premium content -
Thursday 12 November 2020 11:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 38-year-old year old man died while driving a loader in Vava'u on Tuesday, November 10. Premium content -
Thursday 12 November 2020 4:23pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Toio Lauteau (43) was sentenced to three-years imprisonment for causing serious bodily harm, when he hit his wife twice on the head with a hammer in ‘Ohonua, ‘Eua. The cut on the forehead exposed the bone of the skull. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 November 2020 6:05pm
Geneva, Switzerland : The Tongan Nurses Choir was given the World Health Organization Director General Award after performing through a video at the opening of the 73rd World Health (WH) Assembly, to mark the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, on 9 November in Geneva, Switzerland. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 November 2020 6:02pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Seventeen people are now in managed quarantine in Samoa, after a CoViD-19 infected container ship passed through Apia on the weekend. Meanwhile, Vanuatu has recorded its first CoViD-19 case, and Solomon Islands has seen more COVID cases arriving. -
Wednesday 11 November 2020 5:54pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Lisiate ‘Otuhouma (29) was sentenced to 15-years imprisonment at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court for possession of 3 kilograms of methamphetamine at his home in Fahefa in 2019. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 November 2020 5:49pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 73-year-old man was sentenced to four and a half-years imprisonment for seven counts of indecent assaults on a teenager. Premium content -
Wednesday 11 November 2020 12:34pm
New York, USA : New York Times reporting: The voter fraud, perpetrated Monday in New Zealand, was real. And the contenders were, er, fowl. As the citizens slept, a hacker slipped more than 1,500 fake votes into an election database, sending one flightless bird to the top. The scandal has roiled Bird of the Year 2020, an online popularity contest among the native birds of New Zealand. ... Premium content -
Tuesday 10 November 2020 8:24pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Board of the Tonga Rugby Union has agreed to reform the structure of the dysfunctional organisation, that has faced financial disarray. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 November 2020 6:04pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Team Tonga, Tuiohu Mafi and ‘Amelia Asi were recognized today for placing second in the regional Pacific Island Food Revolution (PIFR) cooking show competition. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 November 2020 5:55pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Sosiua Totau [25] was sentenced to two-years imprisonment for possession of 400.37 grams of cannabis, seized at his home in Tofoa earlier this year. Premium content -
Tuesday 10 November 2020 5:42pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Paula Moala aka Kenny [51] from Tokomololo was sentenced to four-years and nine-months imprisonment for possession of 25 grams of methamphetamine. $16,000 in drug proceeds was forfeited to the Crown. Premium content -
Monday 9 November 2020 6:21pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga's Court of Appeal has acquitted Lord Tu'ivakano on two charges of making a false statement to obtain a Tongan passport and perjury, after quashing the convictions in a 22-pages written judgment released in Nuku'alofa on Friday. Premium content
