is heading for a health disaster — because of a 50% drop in the effectiveness of widely used antibiotics. the report said there had been a surge in prescribing the medicines because of the false belief — that they could kill off the covid—i9 virus. australian peacekeepers have arrived overnight in the solomon islands — after the country's prime minister appealed for help quelling violent unrest that threatened to topple his government.several buildings were burnt down in honiara, when over a thousand rioters stormed the chinatown district. unrest broke out on wednesday, when protesters besieged the parliament, calling for the pm's resignation. gina kekea is a local