BLOOMBERG Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he is “determined to forge an even stronger relationship” with the US ahead of a meeting with President Joe Biden in Washington. “We will reaffirm our commitment to fostering our long-standing alliance as an instrument of peace and as a catalyst of development in the Asia-Pacific region and the rest of the world,” …

BLOOMBERG US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Papua New Guinea in May to attend a meeting of Pacific leaders, the island nation’s premier said on his government’s official Facebook page. Biden will meet with Papua New Guinea PM James Marape, as well as 18 Pacific Island leaders, who will be in capital Port Moresby …

BLOOMBERG The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un slammed US President Joe Biden for making nuclear threats, saying it marked the “dotage of the old” and would be met by a boost in her country’s atomic arsenal. Kim Yo-jong’s comments, released on state media, marks the first official reaction from North Korea to a meeting in Washington between …