Bloomberg China said the mystery object launched into space earlier this year was a reusable space vehicle, describing a more innocuous incident than a report over the weekend that Beijing sent a hypersonic missile into orbit. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular news briefing on Monday that the test had “great significance for reducing the cost” ...

Bloomberg Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing blasted other Southeast Asian countries for demanding that his military end worsening violence at home, after he was excluded from a big ticket regional summit later this month over civil strife. Allies of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi were driving the repeated calls, the coup leader said on state-broadcaster MRTV on ...

Bloomberg A conservative mayor will lead Hungary’s united opposition against Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the most fiercely contested election in more than a decade. Peter Marki-Zay dominated the six-party alliance’s primary runoff, defeating Klara Dobrev, a European Parliament vice president and the candidate of DK, the biggest opposition party. The victory gives him a chance to take on the ...