More than a month after a fire shuttered a local elementary and middle school, students are set to return to the classroom.

Solomon was the son of King David, the Biblical figure who killed Goliath. Tradition says that when David died, Solomon inherited his father’s kingdom and extraordinary wealth. Within just four years, ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Even people fond of David Solomon acknowledge that his equilibrium state is ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — A tiny island chain in the South Pacific has Western governments scrambling after it agreed to a security pact with China that the United States and its allies fear could ...

In a small, delicate watercolor from 1864, the Archaic Greek poet Sappho embraces the poet Erinna, their lips nearly touching. Sappho’s longing is plain on her face, while Erinna, heavy-lidded, eyes ...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Oct. 9, 2019. Credit: Thomas Peter/Pool ...

The diplomatic relationship between the Solomon Islands and China has had profound and far-reaching effects on the country’s development, economy, and political landscape. In this Oct. 9, 2019, file ...

This story appears in the December 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. The woman sitting on a bench in the Old City of Jerusalem, round-faced and bundled up against the autumn chill, chews on ...

For years, Beijing has thrown its wealth and weight across the globe. But its experience in the Solomon Islands calls into question its approach to expanding its power. Messages scrawled on a burned ...

Correction: Angelia Solomon, of Franklin, is charged with trying to hire a person to kill her ex-husband, Aaron Solomon, a former WSMV-TV sports anchor. Her status was misstated in the previous ...

The residents of Fanalei Island, in the Solomon Islands, say the lucrative hunts will help them buy land elsewhere and move off their sinking home. A pod of dolphins off the coast of South Malaita in ...

Coconut crabs roast atop a sheet of roofing iron, heated by a fire below, as the Manele family prepares for a typical Monday night dinner in Guadalcanal, an island in the South Pacific Ocean. Standing ...