Bloomberg A trio of US naval vessels anchored in Hong Kong on Wednesday, the first US naval ships to harbour in the city since China barred entry to another American ship in September, in a sign of easing military tensions between the two powers. The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville, and guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis D. ...

Bloomberg Interpol delegates elected South Korean Kim Jong Yang as the new president of the global policing body after international criticism of the possibility that rival Russian candidate Aleksander Prokopchuk might get the job. Kim was selected in a snap election organised at Interpol’s general assembly in Dubai following the arrest in China of former president Meng Hongwei last month. ...

Bloomberg Former South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said there was a deliberate scheme to loot taxpayer funds during Jacob Zuma’s rule and accused the former president of helping facilitate it and lying to and misleading members of his cabinet. Gordhan, who now oversees state companies, was testifying before a judicial panel that’s investigating claims that members of the Gupta ...