International Desk

Oil spill off Peru coast triggered by tsunami waves from Tonga ‘Worst ecological disaster’

The spill at the La Pampilla refinery, near the Peruvian capital, is “the worst ecological disaster that has occurred in Lima in recent times,” the Peruvian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, addi...

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Cut off from the rest of the world, reconnaissance planes to assess damage after volcanic eruption in Tonga

It is two days since the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haa'pai volcano exploded, cloaking Tonga in ash, triggering a Pacific-wide tsunami and releasing shock waves that wrapped around the globe. Ton...

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