Solomon Islands lawmakers elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister Thursday in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain close ties with China.

For a sun-drenched winter break, it has to be the Caribbean. Home to more than 7,000 islands and islets spanning a diverse terrain from lush rainforests to active volcanoes and pale sandy beaches ...

In 1612 the islands were granted by charter to an offshoot of the Virginia Company. William Shakespeare had heard enough about them to make “The Still-vexed Bermoothes” the scene of The Tempest.

In 2019, the Solomon Islands ended its decades-long alliance with Taiwan and instead diplomatically recognized China, a much-publicized decision that prompted fears of Beijing’s growing ...