Bloomberg Australian PM Scott Morrison denied being pressured by President Donald Trump to help probe the origins of the US Justice Department’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Morrison said he had a brief telephone conversation with Trump, in which the president asked for a point of contact within the Australian government to help Attorney General William Barr ...

Bloomberg A Hong Kong police officer who fired a bullet into the chest of an 18-year-old protester may have inadvertently given new life to the months-long movement challenging Beijing’s authority. Demonstrators hit the streets again on Wednesday following the release of videos showing the man getting shot at close range after striking the officer with a metal rod. The violent ...

Bloomberg Talks to end the five-year conflict in eastern Ukraine produced the first major breakthrough since a lapsed 2015 peace accord, paving the way for an international summit to cement progress. Negotiators meeting in the Belarusian capital of Minsk agreed on a schedule under which elections will be held in the breakaway regions and a new law will be passed ...