Bloomberg China’s armed forces accused the US of “ill intentions” in the South China Sea after an American warship entered waters near the contested Spratly Islands last week. “The US ship’s deliberate provocation during the traditional lunar Chinese New Year festival, which harboured ill intentions, is a naked act of navigational hegemony,” Senior Colonel Li Huamin, spokesman for the People’s ...

Bloomberg The US military has begun issuing furlough warnings to almost 9,000 civilian South Korean employees, as Washington and Seoul remain at loggerheads over President Donald Trump’s demand its ally pay more money for its hosting of American troops. The notices inform workers at American military facilities in South Korea that they potentially face administrative furloughs as of April 1, ...

Bloomberg Alexander Vinnik, a Russian citizen accused by the US of having supervised a digital-currency exchange that helped criminals launder billions of dollars, will probably remain in France to face cryptocurrency-related charges there, his lawyers said in Paris. Vinnik was interrogated by French investigators, the same day he was extradited from Greece, his defense team said at a news conference. ...