Bloomberg India will buy portable air defense missiles to deploy along the borders with China as militarization in the region gathers speed and hostilities between the two countries enter a third year. The Defense Acquisition Council — headed by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh — cleared the purchase of the very short range missiles that can be carried by troops, …

  Bloomberg Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro used his Facebook account to share a video of voter fraud conspiracies that echod the main complaints of rioters who ransacked government buildings in Brasilia on Sunday. The video was deleted hours later. Bolsonaro’s post, made Tuesday shortly after he was discharged from a US hospital, didn’t comment on the video’s claims. But …

Bloomberg The UK and Japan will allow military forces to be deployed to one another’s nations, as Tokyo expands bilateral cooperation with other US allies amid concerns about China’s rise. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was expected to sign a major defense agreement during a meeting Wednesday in London with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida. The pact — the most …