Tonga discusses debt with China, Australia’s Wong to visit

David Beckam

SYDNEY, June 1 (Reuters) – Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong will travel to the Pacific island kingdom of Tonga on Friday, days after her Chinese counterpart visited and discussed Tonga’s heavy debts to Beijing, Tonga’s government said. Wong will also visit Samoa for its 60th anniversary of independence celebrations, in […]

China Looms Large as Blinken Heads to Australia, Fiji

David Beckam

Washington —  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Australia Monday for Quad ministerial meetings to advance cooperation on issues including maritime security and cybersecurity, while pushing back against “aggression and coercion” in the Indo-Pacific region, the State Department said. The Quad refers to a security dialogue involving […]

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