The US has reopened its Solomon Islands embassy in a move widely seen as shoring up influence in the Pacific to counter China's push into the region. Last year Washington and its allies were ...

The United States has diplomatic relations with Vanuatu, which has a population of 319,000 spread across 80 islands, but is currently represented by diplomats based in New Guinea. The United States ...

The embassy announcement fits with a new ... The state department said the Peace Corps was planning to reopen an office in the Solomon Islands and have its volunteers serve there, and that several ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The United States opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands on Thursday in its latest move to counter China's push into the Pacific. The embassy in the capital ...