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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center, is escorted from his plane on his arrival in Honiara, Solomon Islands, early Thursday, May 26, 2022. Wang and a 20-strong delegation arrived in the Solomon Islands Thursday at the start of an eight-nation tour that comes amid growing concerns about Beijing’s military and financial ambitions in the South Pacific region. (AP Photo)

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China's foreign minister starts Pacific tour in the Solomons
By NICK PERRY - Associated Press
Wed,05/25/22-11:54PM , 122 Reads
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and a 20-strong delegation arrived in the Solomon Islands Thursday at the start of an eight-nation tour that comes amid growing concerns about Beijing’s military and financial
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A woman crosses the street near a billboard commemorating the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Nov. 15, 2018. China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a sweeping agreement covering everything from security to fisheries in what one leader warns is a “game-changing” bid by Beijing to wrest control of the region. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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China wants 10 Pacific nations to endorse sweeping agreement
By NICK PERRY - Associated Press
Wed,05/25/22-3:49AM , 96 Reads
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a sweeping agreement covering everything from security to fisheries in what one leader warns is a “game-changing” bid by Beijing to wrest control of the region.
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Boat captain Emosi Dawai looks at the superyacht Amadea where it is docked at the Queens Wharf in Lautoka, Fiji, on April 13, 2022. The superyacht that American authorities say is owned by a Russian oligarch previously sanctioned for alleged money laundering has been seized by law enforcement in Fiji, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday, May 5. (Leon Lord/Fiji Sun via AP, File)

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Court considers whether US can seize a Russian yacht in Fiji
By NICK PERRY - Associated Press
Thu,05/19/22-2:43AM , 89 Reads
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — At Lautoka harbor in the heart of Fiji's sugar cane region, five U.S. federal agents boarded the Russian-owned Amadea, a luxurious superyacht the length of a football field.
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Al Noor mosque shooting survivor Temel Atacocugu points to the scar of a bullet wound in his arm during an interview at his home, Feb. 25, 2020, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Survivors from the mass shooting at two Christchurch mosques describe their reactions to the Buffalo supermarket shooting. The Buffalo gunman was apparently inspired by the Christchurch shooter after watching a copy of his livestream video. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

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N. Zealand attack survivor heartbroken by Buffalo killings
By NICK PERRY - Associated Press
Tue,05/17/22-2:19AM , 111 Reads
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — If the Buffalo supermarket shooter had learned anything from the massacre in New Zealand that apparently inspired him, it should have been that the violence didn't achieve any of the gunman's aims, a survivor said Tuesday.
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