Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned the UK it can’t set unilateral terms for leaving the European Union as Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Brussels to try to complete a contentious Brexit deal. Addressing lower-house lawmakers in Berlin, Merkel gave short shrift to Brexit while rattling off domestic achievements, pleading for stronger bonds between EU nations and criticising go-it-alone ...

Bloomberg A trio of US naval vessels anchored in Hong Kong on Wednesday, the first US naval ships to harbour in the city since China barred entry to another American ship in September, in a sign of easing military tensions between the two powers. The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville, and guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis D. ...

Bloomberg Interpol delegates elected South Korean Kim Jong Yang as the new president of the global policing body after international criticism of the possibility that rival Russian candidate Aleksander Prokopchuk might get the job. Kim was selected in a snap election organised at Interpol’s general assembly in Dubai following the arrest in China of former president Meng Hongwei last month. ...