Bloomberg President Joe Biden said he is disappointed that Russia and China declined to make stronger commitments to combat climate change or to send their leaders to key global meetings to address the crisis. Biden, asked about failure of G-20 nations to issue a stronger commitment on global warming, expressed regret at what the two nations have pledged. “The disappointment ...

Bloomberg Senior diplomats from the US and China agreed to maintain regular communications to control tensions even as they spar on Taiwan and a range of other issues. During a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome on Sunday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for regular exchanges between them “to manage and control differences between the ...

Bloomberg The Taliban’s spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada made his first public appearance since 2016 at a famous Islamic seminary over the weekend, praising the militant group for sweeping to power as the US withdrew from Afghanistan. Akhundzada hasn’t been seen in public since he became the supreme leader of the Taliban about five years ago. After the Taliban took control ...