Bloomberg Brazil will reevaluate the procedures for President elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inauguration after an explosive near capital Brasilia’s international airport was disarmed, the country’s incoming justice minister said. Flavio Dino wrote in his official Twitter account that all procedures in the inauguration, set for January 1, “will be reassessed, with a view to strengthen security.” “President ...

  Bloomberg South Korea suspended some commercial flights and scrambled military assets to shoot at drones from North Korea that crossed their heavily armed border on Monday. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the military detected multiple “unidentified objects” in the country’s airspace presumed to be unmanned aerial vehicles crossing the border from 10:25 am in Gyeonggi province, ...

  Bloomberg China may remove quarantine requirements for cross-border travellers between Hong Kong and the mainland as early as January 3, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, citing mainland official sources. A policy known as “0+3” is being considered, under which travellers to the mainland would no longer be required to undergo five days of quarantine and instead only ...