Deciphering China has become nearly impossible. Officials continue to insist on the viability of their Covid-zero strategy, curtailing people’s movements and sealing borders even as the rest of the world has all but moved on from the pandemic. Trying to predict when Beijing will give up on this widely criticised policy is pointless. Of key interest now is what’s ...

  For months now, with the US distracted by war in Europe, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has largely been free to accelerate his weapons programs. President Joe Biden — along with US allies Japan and South Korea — needs to start making life harder for him. Kim’s scientists have conducted 16 missile tests since the beginning of the year, ...

  Bloomberg Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe wants to sell the national airline, saying the country’s poorest people who’ve never flown shouldn’t be saddled with its losses. Finding a buyer might not be easy. SriLankan Airlines Ltd, which prior to the pandemic serviced 126 destinations in more than 60 countries, lost $125 million in the year through March ...