Bloomberg The US military is maintaining its customary “high levels of readiness” on the Korean peninsula as a deterrent to any threats from Kim Jong Un’s regime, General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. The Korean peninsula is “one of those places in the world we always maintain very high levels of readiness,” Milley told reporters ...

Bloomberg Greece agreed to hand over a Russian citizen accused of cryptocurrency-related charges in several countries, a move that could bring him closer to facing trial in France or the US. The Russian, Alexander Vinnik, will be extradited to France, the Russian embassy in Athens said in social media postings that sharply accused Athens of ignoring Moscow’s request for Vinnik’s ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump says his impeachment trial should deliver on a goal he’s nurtured for months: unmasking the whistle-blower who started it all. But that would pose legal and ethical challenges that would be hard to overcome. Federal laws promise anonymity for workers who step forward with alleged wrongdoing. In this case, a government employee — reportedly a CIA ...