Bloomberg The US and Japan expressed concern about China’s efforts “to undermine the rules-based order” and resolved to work together to respond to its activities that threaten security, underscoring positions that have rankled Beijing. At a virtual meeting of the two allies’ foreign and defense ministers Friday Japan time, the countries also “voiced concern about China’s activities in the ...

  Bloomberg President Joe Biden warned the insurrection at the US Capitol is part of an assault on democracy that Donald Trump and his supporters are continuing to wage a year after the deadly riot. Biden’s speech was his most detailed rebuttal yet of the effort by Trump and prominent Republicans to raise doubt about the results of the 2020 ...

  Bloomberg Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived in Myanmar on Friday, becoming the first foreign leader to visit the country since the junta seized power in a coup nearly a year ago. Security was tightened in major cities like Yangon as well as the capital Naypyidaw in anticipation of protests over Hun Sen’s visit. Several protesters took to Facebook ...