Bloomberg Thailand will receive a batch of US-made armoured vehicles next month, as ties between the two countries warm following the end of military rule in the Southeast Asian nation. The Strykers — eight-wheeled vehicles designed to move infantry — will be deployed at a base near Bangkok, Army Chief Apirat Kongsompong told reporters. Apirat said Thailand will receive 70 ...

Bloomberg If President Donald Trump’s bid to negotiate with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is a work in progress — three meetings to date and no breakthrough — his suggestion of face time with Iran’s leader appears dead on arrival. Iranian officials ruled out Trump talks with President Hassan Rouhani, who rejected a photo-op and said the US must lift sanctions ...

Bloomberg In the South African township where Nelson Mandela joined the struggle against apartheid, Lordwick Nxumalo is reduced to hustling for a living. Each day, he and other young jobless men of Soweto hang around on Walter Sisulu Square, waiting to take passport pictures for documents like driving licenses. The licensing office boss, who owns the camera, pays 10 rand ...