Bloomberg The Solomon Islands accused Australia of trying to “influence” its lawmakers ahead of a vote on a constitutional amendment to delay elections until 2024, after Canberra offered to fund the Pacific nation’s next national ballot. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s office said Australia’s offer was “inappropriate” and it would not respond until the constitutional amendment had been voted on. ...

  Bloomberg Xi Jinping will visit Kazakhstan next week for a state visit, Interfax reported, in what would be the Chinese president’s first trip overseas in more than two and a half years. Xi accepted the Kazakh president’s invitation to visit the Central Asian nation on Sept. 14, the Russian news agency reported, citing Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov. ...

Bloomberg Typhoon Hinnamnor left at least two people dead and created flooding and power outages as it passed through South Korea, though the destruction appeared to be less than had been forecast. Hinnamnor hit near the southern city of Geoje at 4:50 a.m. local time on Tuesday and moved off the coast near Ulsan just a few hours later, the ...