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Tonga's main island of Tongatapu enters a seven-day lockdown that closes non-essential businesses and bans sales of alcohol and mass gatherings, except small funerals, after the country reports its first case of COVID-19 in a person who travelled from Christchurch, New Zealand on a repatriation flight last week.
2021-11-2

German lawmakers agree to a deal to end nuclear power by 2022 and the use of coal by 2038.
2020-07-3

France shuts down its first nuclear power reactor, at the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant.
2020-02-22

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces that New Zealand will give NZ$10 million to Tonga to help with rebuilding after the country was struck by Cyclone Gita in February.
2018-03-6

The eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano disrupts flights to and from Tonga.
2015-01-12

Tonga restores contact with the Ha'apai islands after Cyclone Ian passed through during the weekend, killing one person and significantly damaging structures.
2014-01-13

Tonga is in mourning following the death of King George Tupou V.
2012-03-19

The United Kingdom and France sign a deal to improve cooperation on nuclear energy.
2012-02-17

Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi is defeated in several referendums. He admits "we must probably say goodbye to... nuclear power" after his attempts to have people boycott a referendum on the issue prove unsuccessful.
2011-06-13

Rosatom, Russia's nuclear energy corporation announces that it will start loading fuel for the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Iran's first nuclear power plant from August 21.
2010-08-13