Vanuatu's parliament will elect a new prime minister after the Pacific Island nation's court on Monday dismissed an appeal against a decision to remove Ishmael Kalsakau from the role. Kalsakau's government won international attention this year for its successful push to get the United Nations General Assembly to ask the world's top court to define the obligations of states to combat climate change. Vanuatu has also been at the centre of a strategic rivalry between China and Western countries in the region. It was plunged into political crisis last month when opposition leader Bob Loughman lodged a no-confidence petition criticising...