Bloomberg John Lee, named Hong Kong’s next chief executive in a rubber-stamp election that’s been criticised as unfair, vowed to strengthen national security and accelerate the city’s integration with mainland China. Speaking in Cantonese and English shortly after his victory was announced, the former police official and security minister outlined his service to China and Hong Kong and said his ...

Bloomberg US first lady Jill Biden crossed into Ukraine from Slovakia for an unannounced visit. Hungary continues to block the European Union’s latest package of sanctions against Russia, and Sunday’s talks in Brussels ended without an agreement. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a video to mark Ukraine’s Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation, a day before Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected ...

  Bloomberg The UK government plans to move quickly to “fix” the Northern Ireland Protocol despite the election victory of the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein, which favours keeping the contentious post-Brexit trade agreement. “It must be dealt with,” Dominic Raab, the UK’s deputy prime minister, told Sky News. Raab declined to comment on a report in the Telegraph that ...