Bloomberg China’s military said its recent “live-fire drill” in the South China Sea didn’t target any country and wasn’t held to achieve specific objectives, after the US denounced the missile tests as “coercive acts.” China fired at least one missile into the sea and was expected to continue testing until July 3, NBC News reported, citing anonymous US officials. The ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson looks set for a landslide victory over rival Jeremy Hunt in the race to become Britain’s next PM. According to a YouGov poll published in the Times newspaper, Johnson is backed by 74 percent of Conservative Party members with Hunt languishing on 26 percent. The survey also suggests that the vast majority of the 160,000 grassroots party ...

Bloomberg Of all the dramatic visuals to emerge from the protests that rocked Hong Kong in recent weeks, one stands out: the defaced city emblem left by demonstrators who stormed the legislature on July 1. The image of Hong Kong’s iconic bauhinia flower covered in black paint has become a symbol of the frustrations that sent hundreds of thousands of ...