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Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare has explained that he had more important things to do than attend a White House meeting Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has defended his decision to skip this week’s White House summit with the Pacific region’s leaders, saying he didn’t want to spend time hearing a “lecture” from President…

Benchmark projected to average 8.3% this year, according to the European Commission Inflation will hit 7.6% in the Eurozone and 8.3% in Europe as a whole this year, according to the European Commission’s revised forecasts on Thursday, 1.5% up on the previous predictions.