High-level US delegation heads to Solomons to mark WWII amid China moves
Washington (AFP) - A high-level US delegation will travel to the Solomon Islands to mark the 80th anniversary of the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal, months after the country signed a controversial security pact with China, the State Department announced Monday. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and other senior diplomats and military leaders will visit the islands' capital Honiara from August 6-8 and attend memorial events organized with Japan, now a close US ally. The visitors will include Caroline Kennedy, the US ambassador to Australia, whose father, late president John F. Kennedy...