Bloomberg Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton reiterated his earlier claims that the US could provide Australia with two nuclear submarines by 2030, without providing material evidence that such a deal would occur. Speaking on the national broadcaster’s “Insiders” program Sunday, Dutton said he had visited counterparts in Connecticut and “spoken with them there” about acquiring the equipment, even though the ...

  Bloomberg Biden administration officials have decided to reject a vague new assertion by China that the Taiwan Strait is not “international waters” and are increasingly concerned the stance could result in more frequent challenges at sea for the democratically-governed island, according to people familiar with the matter. Chinese officials have made such remarks repeatedly in meetings with US counterparts ...

  Bloomberg Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists are heading for a heavy electoral defeat in the country’s most populous region of Andalusia on Sunday, highlighting the scale of the challenge he faces to win re-election in a national vote due next year. Sanchez and his government have been struggling to cope with the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of ...