China increased financial assistance to the Solomon Islands and Kiribati, its newest diplomatic partners in the Pacific, even as it cut overall support for the region in 2020, research by the Lowy Institute found. Total development finance from the world’s second-largest economy fell to $187.9 million in 2020 from $205.4 million the previous year, according to the Pacific Aid Map ...

Turkey is holding talks with Russia after Moscow pulled out of the July agreement to allow Ukrainian crop shipments, a pact seen as critical to alleviate the global hunger crisis. Russia said Saturday that it was suspending the agreement, blaming strikes on its naval fleet, and on Sunday suggested without evidence that the drone attacks were launched from the Odesa ...

Brazilians head to the polls Sunday for a presidential runoff between incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in what’s become the country’s most significant election since the return of democracy almost four decades ago. Polling stations opened at 8 a.m. and will close at 5 p.m. local time, with the governorships for states including Sao ...