By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) – Counting was underway on Thursday in the Solomon Islands after a national election a day earlier, although electoral officials said they were searching for a…
Thank you. I could not be more excited to be part of this Justice Reinvestment summit. I’m glad to see so many long-time partners and state leaders from just about…
Thank you very much, Heather [Tubman-Carbone], for that wonderful introduction. It’s an honor to join Deputy Attorney General [Lisa] Monaco and to be here with Director [Karhlton] Moore and his…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare said he skipped a Pacific Islands leaders summit at the White House this week to avoid a “lecture” and because he…
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. is disappointed Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will not attend a Pacific Islands summit with U.S. President Joe Biden next week, the White House…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Pacific Islands nations Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are considering forming defence forces and have discussed the matter with Australia, Defence Minister Richard Marles said…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Authorities in the Solomon Islands said no tsunami warning would be issued after two powerful earthquakes struck on Tuesday, damaging Australia’s embassy, the airport and…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – People are advised to move to higher ground immediately, said a spokesperson for the Solomon Islands’ prime minister after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the region near…
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The Solomon Islands will need to implement fiscal reforms such as alterations to its tax system and more efficient public spending or its debt…
RIYADH (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said on Tuesday the U.S. Federal Reserve said economic conditions will “tighten meaningfully from here” and the U.S. Federal Reserve could hike…
DUBAI (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said on Tuesday the world “nationalized fixed income markets” for 40 years and is in the process of privatizing them again, which…
By Kirsty Needham, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina SYDNEY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Solomon Islands has told Pacific nations invited to a White House meeting with President Joe Biden it won’t…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – A United States Coast Guard vessel was unable to enter Solomon Islands for a routine port call because the Solomon Islands government did not…
WELLINGTON – The World Bank said on Tuesday that it had approved a fisheries project in the Solomon Islands, its third new project announced for the Pacific country in as…
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON – Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she met her Solomon Islands counterpart Jeremiah Manele for the first time since his government signed a controversial security…
WASHINGTON – A White House delegation led by Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell is due to arrive in the Solomon Islands for talks later on Thursday, the U.S. State Department said,…