Bloomberg Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed deepening ties between their countries in talks, despite signs of Beijing’s impatience over the wider political and economic impact of Russia’s struggling invasion of Ukraine. Russia-China ties are the “best in history” and their strategic partnership is a “stabilising factor” amid rising geopolitical tensions, the Russian president said in the video ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden signed a $1.7 trillion government funding bill that includes $47 billion in additional aid for Ukraine in a victory for Democrats who feared that Republicans who will have control of the House in January could force deeper spending cuts and block assistance to Kyiv. Biden, who is on St Croix in the US Virgin Islands, signed ...

  Bloomberg The UK Labour Party has a 26-point poll lead over Rishi Sunak’s ruling Conservatives, highlighting the task facing Britain’s new prime minister to restore his party’s fortunes. Support for Labour is at 45%, compared to 19% for the Tories, according to the survey of 1,169 adults conducted by People Polling for the broadcaster GB News. The polling company’s ...