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Australian PM warns China to learn from Putin’s mistakes: AFR

Bloomberg Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has warned the Chinese government to learn the lessons of Russia’s “strategic failure” in Ukraine, as he heads to Europe for a meeting of Nato leaders. In an interview with the Australian Financial Review, conducted en route to Spain for the Nato meeting, Albanese said the Ukraine invasion had brought democratic nations together, “whether ...

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Nato allies still seeking progress with Turkey on expansion

Bloomberg Officials heading to the Nato summit in Madrid are holding out hope of persuading Turkey to allow Finland and Sweden to advance their membership applications. US President Joe Biden told his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a phone call on Tuesday morning that he’s looking forward to speaking to him in the Spanish capital, the White House said. ...

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UK would have to pay $17b for public sector 7% bump

Bloomberg The UK government would have to pay £14 billion pounds ($17 billion) a year to give public-sector workers the 7 percent pay raise that some of them are demanding. The figures, from an analysis by Bloomberg Economics, shed light on the options Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing to defuse the biggest round of strikes in decades. Rail workers ...

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