Bloomberg A senior US military officer who oversees intelligence gathering for the Indo-Pacific Command made an unannounced visit to Taiwan, Reuters reported, a move that risks further raising tensions between Washington and Beijing. The visiting official was US Navy Rear Admiral Michael Studeman, Reuters said, citing two unidentified sources. In a statement, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said it welcomed the visit ...

Bloomberg Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was taken into custody on Monday after he pled guilty to inciting and organising an unauthorised assembly for his part in a dramatic siege of police headquarters last year during the city’s mass protests. The activist, however, entered a not guilty plea to the charge of knowingly taking part in an unauthorised assembly, ...

Bloomberg Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the UK plans to start rolling out two coronavirus vaccines next month before the program gathers pace in the new year, with a return to “normal” possible in the spring. Hancock was responding to trial results announced on Monday by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc showing their Covid-19 vaccine prevented a majority ...