HONIARA, 16 SEPTEMBER 2019 (ISLAND SUN) — Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has received a phone call from the Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, inviting him to a bilateral meeting in the margin of the UN General Assembly. Island Sun was reliably informed of the phone call, which was reportedly made […]
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Solomon Islands to sever ties with Taiwan, shift alliance to Beijing
HONIARA, 06 SEPTEMBER 2019 (REUTERS) — The Solomon Islands intends to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan and align itself with Beijing, the leader of a high-level government team representing the South Pacific archipelago has said. The switch, which still needs to be formalised, would be a prize for China in its bid to peel away […]
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Hong Kong tells US to stay out; students form protest chains
HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of students formed human chains outside schools across Hong Kong on Monday to show solidarity to push for democratic reforms after violent weekend clashes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. The silent protest comes as the Hong Kong government condemned the “illegal behavior of radical protesters” and warned the U.S. to […]
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Global stocks mixed after US, China impose new tariff hikes
BEIJING (AP) — European stock markets opened higher while Asia was mixed Monday after Washington and Beijing escalated their war over trade and technology with new tariff hikes. Benchmarks in London, Paris and Shanghai advanced. Tokyo and Hong Kong declined.\ Markets reacted less strongly to the weekend tariff hikes on billions of dollars of goods […]
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Duterte in China amid expectation he’ll raise sea disputes
BEIJING (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was in Beijing on Thursday for a meeting with counterpart Xi Jinping in which the Southeast Asian leader is expected to discuss a ruling on the disputed South China Sea. The 2016 Hague arbitration mostly invalidated China’s claim to virtually the entire South China Sea and found that […]
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China rotates new troops into Hong Kong amid mass protests
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s military deployed fresh troops to Hong Kong early Thursday in what it called a routine rotation amid speculation that it might intervene in the city’s pro-democracy protests. Footage on CCTV showed armored carriers, trucks and a patrol boat crossing the border at night from the neighboring city of Shenzhen. Scores […]