Bloomberg The Solomon Islands should be “really careful” in its security pact with China, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said, warning the Pacific nation could become beholden to the Asian nation. Joyce said on Australia’s national broadcaster that while he accepted the Solomon Islands’ pledge that there would not be a permanent Chinese military presence on the territory, ...

Bloomberg Changing UK leader now would be “seriously damaging to the country,” the chairman of the ruling Conservative Party said as calls continue for PM Boris Johnson to resign. Oliver Dowden told Sky News he expects Johnson to lead the party into the next general election, expected in about two years. Johnson will face a parliamentary ethics inquiry into his past ...

Bloomberg Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa is fighting an uphill battle in elections that may rid the European Union of a leader who has challenged its democratic values. Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, and as fellow EU member France votes over whether to give President Emmanuel Macron a new term or replace him with right-wing standard bearer ...