Bloomberg With Russia’s invasion now into its 11th month, President Vladimir Putin said the absence of talks to stop the war is not Moscow’s fault. “It’s not we who refuse negotiations, but they,” Putin said in a TV interview. Russia is prepared to discuss “acceptable outcomes,” he added. Air alerts sounded across Ukraine after Russian fighter jets, including one capable ...

  Bloomberg China said it will strive to “recalibrate” its relationship with the US and increase communication with Europe as the country outlines its major diplomatic tasks for next year. “We will follow through on the common understandings reached between the Chinese and US Presidents” and work to bring bilateral relations back on the right course, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi ...

  Bloomberg Hong Kong intends to start reopening its borders with China before mid-January, aiming at returning to pre-Covid cross-border travel arrangements, the city’s leader said. The borders will “open fully in a gradual, orderly way,” Chief Executive John Lee said during a press briefing at the city’s airport on returning from a trip to Beijing, where he met President ...