Bloomberg President Joe Biden included Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping among 40 world leaders he invited to a White House climate summit next month, showing he plans to include friends and foes in his administration’s first major international gathering. The virtual summit will bring together 17 countries responsible for 80% of global emissions and gross domestic product, the ...

Bloomberg A group of nine lawmakers asked the Biden administration to establish a facility to expedite travel to the US from Taiwan’s main international airport, a show of support for the island amid fear it could be targeted by an increasingly aggressive China. The group of seven Republicans and two Democrats said in a letter that a pre-clearance facility at ...

Bloomberg Georgia’s elections chief was sued by a group of non-profit civic organisations that claim a new voting law signed by the state’s Republican governor will make it harder for minorities to cast ballots. The lawsuit, against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, is one of the first challenges to a wave of voting restrictions taking shape in state legislatures ...