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Nine new United States Peace Corps will serve for two-years in Tonga, the first group to return since their global evacuation in March 2020, due to the COVID pandemic.

Prime Minister Hon. Hu'akavameiliku joined Pacific Islands Leaders in historic back to back meetings with India and the United States on 22 May, in Papua New Guinea.

A ceremonial flag raising was held this morning to open the first United States of America Embassy in Tonga in a historical event, held at the National Reserve Bank Building in Nuku’alofa. However, after the flag was raised it was lowered to fly at half mast today in respect of lives lost in a recent Texas mall shooting attack.

The Live and Learn Environmental Education programme was awarded US$1.5 million to provide 11,000 children and 2,900 households with access to improved Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene systems in four Pacific Islands. The funding was announced by USAID at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre, Nuku'alofa on 7 December.

Tonga was among Pacific Island countries who signed on to a new partnership with the United States of America, strengthening and renewing ties at the conclusion of the first U.S. Pacific Island Country Summit in Washington D.C. on 28-29 September.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, HE Wendy R. Sherman will arrive in Tonga on Friday, 5 August, during a Pacific trip to reflect the United States' commitment to the region. She is expected to meet King Tupou VI in Nuku'alofa.

New York Times News Analysis: When Scott Morrison became Australia’s prime minister three years ago, he insisted that the country could maintain close ties with China, its largest trading partner, while working with the United States, its main security ally. “Australia doesn’t have to choose,” he said in one of his first foreign policy speeches. On Thursday, Australia effectively chose. Following years of sharply deteriorating relations with Beijing, Australia announced a new defense agreement in which the United States and Britain would help it deploy nuclear-powered submarines, a major advance in Australian military strength.

New York Times reporting: The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for people 16 years and older, a decision that is likely to set off a cascade of vaccine requirements by hospitals, colleges and universities, corporations and other organizations.

The United States Peace Corps celebrated its 60th anniversary of worldwide friendship and service, at an event in Nuku'alofa on March 22. By Eleanor Gee