Bloomberg Joe Biden’s hopes of keeping the Afghan Taliban in check will rely heavily on Pakistan, a neighbouring nation that has close ties to the militant group but which has often proven an unreliable partner to the US. Islamabad has long tried to balance its relationship with the US and its support for the Taliban, stoking frustration in Washington and ...

Bloomberg Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro laid out three outcomes for the the presidential elections next year — he will win the polls, get arrested or killed. Speaking to a group of evangelical leaders, the conservative leader said he will never be imprisoned as “no man on earth” scares him, and that he’s “doing the right thing.” The president has been ...

Bloomberg A senior Chinese health official rejected a US report blaming China for stonewalling an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus. China opposes the politicisation of tracing the origins of the virus or using the subject as a tool to shift blame, according to Zeng Yixin, vice head of National Health Commission. The US should treat origins tracing as ...