Bloomberg The Kremlin said there are “no concrete plans” for a summit between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, throwing into question the fate of a French proposal that seemed to offer fresh hope for averting an alleged Russian plan to attack Ukraine. US officials said the meeting, proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron, would occur only ...

Bloomberg Former Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is scheduled to travel to Taiwan next month, one of the most senior US dignitaries to visit the democratically ruled island in recent years. Pompeo has accepted an invitation from the Taipei-based Prospect Foundation, the group’s president, Lai I-chung, said. The former top US diplomat and potential Republican presidential contender will visit Taiwan ...

  Bloomberg Slovenia’s premier moved to block a controversial deal that would hand a large chunk of the country’s biggest tourism group to a buyer with ties to the family of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Prime Minister Janez Jansa’s cabinet approved a 41.6 million-euro ($47.2 million) boost to the capital of the country’s Sovereign Holding, allowing it to exercise ...