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          Friday 13 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  Suva, Fiji
  
      
    
    
          Friday 13 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  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.
  
      
    
    
          Thursday 12 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  A 38-year-old year old man died while driving a loader in Vava'u on Tuesday, November 10.
  
      
    
    
          Thursday 12 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  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.
  
      
    
    
          Wednesday 11 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  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.
  
      
    
    
          Wednesday 11 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
   
  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    
    
  
          
          
  
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  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.
  
      
    
    
          Wednesday 11 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  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.
  
      
    
    
          Wednesday 11 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  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. ...
  
      
    
    
          Tuesday 10 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  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.
  
      
    
    
          Tuesday 10 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  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.
  
      
    
    
          Tuesday 10 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  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.
  
      
    
    
          Tuesday 10 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  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.
  
      
    
    
          Monday 9 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  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.
  
      
    
    
          Monday 9 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  Auckland, New Zealand
  Hakula Tonga women’s rugby league team proved too strong for Niue Rugby League winning 66-8 in the ‘Clash of the Pacific’ test on 8 November in Auckland, New Zealand.
  
      
    
    
          Monday 9 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  Pittsburg-PA, USA
  New York Times reporting: Hours after President-elect Joe Biden declared the coronavirus a top priority, the magnitude of his task became starkly clear Sunday as the nation surpassed 10 million cases and sank deeper into the grip of what could become the worst chapter of the pandemic yet. An astonishing number — 1 in 441 Americans — have tested positive for the virus just in the last week.
  
      
    
    
          Sunday 8 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
   
  Melbourne, Australia
  Joe Biden has won the US presidency, but he will have a hard time restoring ethical concerns in a country with so many voters who have become indifferent to the well-being of those outside their immediate communities. Donald Trump has been defeated, but the election showed that more Americans than ever have come to identify with his narcissism. By Peter Singer
  
      
    
    
          Sunday 8 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  Wellington, New Zealand
  New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their victory in the US Presidential election. “The campaign by the President-elect has also shown the shared interests we have in addressing global challenges like Covid-19 and climate change.” she said in a statement today, “the message of unity from Joe Biden positions us well to take those challenges on.”
  
      
    
    
          Sunday 8 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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  New York, USA
  New York Times reporting: The former vice president achieved victory offering a message of healing and unity. He will return to Washington facing a daunting set of crises.
  
      
    
    
          Friday 6 November 2020    
    
  
          
          
  
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    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  Twenty-one police officers had their employment terminated by Tonga Police Board due to serious disciplinary breaches and criminal convictions.
  
        
