Beijing would gain a strategic beachhead under a draft security agreement with the Solomon Islands, the New York Times reports China has reportedly negotiated a secret security pact with the Solomon Islands, setting off alarm bells in the US and Australia because of the potential for Beijing gaining a South Pacific beachhead from which it…

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Kiev will continue supplies to Austria even without a transit contract with Moscow, senior official has claimed   Russian gas will flow through Ukraine to Austria even if the current transit contract between Moscow and Kiev isn’t extended, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishina pledged on Thursday, speaking to Austrian broadcaster ORF.