BLOOMBERG Amritpal Singh, a fugitive Sikh separatist leader, surrendered to the Indian police in the state of Punjab, ending a tense weeks-long chase. The self-styled preacher, who has tried to revive a banned movement to create an independent state of Khalistan, was arrested in Moga, according to a tweet from Punjab police. The search for Singh, 30, prompted police to ...

BLOOMBERG Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling party won at least one of five Japanese by-elections but faced close races in the others, public broadcaster NHK said, with the results seen as key to his decision on election timing. The premier’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is fighting to keep the three seats it previously held of the five. Managing to ...

BLOOMBERG Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is getting dragged into the escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing as she tries to disentangle Italy from its close relationship with China. Meloni, the right-wing leader who came to power less than a year ago, is leaning towards pulling out of an agreement to join China’s controversial Belt and Road Initiative, which has funded ...