Bloomberg Hong Kong’s leading candidate for the city’s top government job has secured enough nominations required for the leadership race just a day after John Lee kicked off his campaign, according to the South China Morning Post. The city’s former chief secretary received more than 200 nominations as of Sunday, the newspaper reported Chan Yung, a deputy director for ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a previously unannounced trip to Kyiv, pledging additional military aid and other support. Zelenskiy after the meeting hailed Johnson as “one of the most principled opponents of the Russian invasion” and said he expects the UK will play a “key role” in security guarantees for Ukraine. The pair ...

Bloomberg Australia will hold a national election on May 21, after a six-week campaign period which center-right Prime Minister Scott Morrison hopes will bring him another come-from-behind victory. Morrison’s Liberal National coalition is currently trailing the opposition Labor Party in opinion polling, but he was in a similar position ahead of the 2019 election and narrowly won another term in ...