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No Starbucks disposable cups in South Korea

Bloomberg Starbucks Corp plans to eliminate disposable cups from its cafes across South Korea by 2025, the first such measure in a major market by the coffee giant, as it seeks to curb landfill waste and cut its carbon footprint. The Seattle-based chain will launch a “cup circularity” program in South Korea, starting July, as it begins tackling its global ...

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China tells Japan to stay out of HK, Xinjiang issues

Bloomberg China urged Japan to steer clear of “internal issues” including Hong Kong and Xinjiang as Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga prepares to meet US President Joe Biden later this month. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi that he hoped Japan could treat China’s development from an “objective and rational” perspective, rather than be led by ...

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Navalny moved to prison infirmary

Bloomberg Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, on a hunger strike since last week, has been moved to the prison infirmary with a respiratory infection, the Federal Penitentiary Service said, according to the Izvestia newspaper. Navalny, 44, reported a severe cough and a fever of 38.1 degrees Celsius (100.6 degrees Fahrenheit), saying three other prisoners in his unit have been hospitalized ...

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