BLOOMBERG President Xi Jinping called on Russia to help bolster their countries’ ties at multilateral groups, as both nations seek to counter a US-led world order they’ve become increasingly isolated within. “China is willing to work with Russia to continue to firmly support each other on issues of core interests, and strengthen cooperation in multilateral arenas,” Xi told Prime Minister …

BLOOMBERG Pakistan is considering banning Imran Khan’s political party, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said in a televised address, deepening the already tense standoff between the former premier and the country’s government and powerful military. “Whatever happened on May 9 wasn’t spontaneous,” Asif said, talking about the violence that erupted when Khan was briefly arrested by the country’s graft agency and …

BLOOMBERG French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said no foreign power has ever tried to influence her as she sought to shake off accusations that her party’s ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have influenced her policies. She also criticised previous governments in Paris for increasing the economic reliance on Russia, including through energy …