BLOOMBERG Chinese President Xi Jinping is rebooting his image as a global statesman — and he’s already got a significant win under his belt. Hours after securing a third term as China’s president on March 10, Xi’s government hosted the signing of a landmark deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran to restore diplomatic ties. While details of Beijing’s involvement remain ...

BLOOMBERG US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan urged Turkey to ratify the membership bids of Sweden and Finland into Nato as pressure builds on two remaining holdouts to approve the expansion of the military alliance. Officials from Turkey, Sweden and Finland have been trying to break an impasse that has held up the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s expansion since the ...

BLOOMBERG The leaders of the US, the UK and Australia unveiled an ambitious multibillion-dollar plan for a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines that will ply the Pacific in an effort to blunt China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea and around Taiwan. “Forging this partnership, we’re showing again how democracies can deliver our own security and prosperity, and not ...