Bloomberg Rahul Gandhi, the scion of India’s Congress party, has kicked off a 3,500 kilometer-long (2,175 miles) march across the country to revive his party’s fortunes and challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi in elections less than two years away. The five month-long “Unite India” journey will take Gandhi, 52, and thousands of his party workers across 12 states — ...

  Bloomberg A bipartisan group of eight US lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday, bringing the number of congressional visits this year to the highest in at least a decade as shows of support for the island’s leadership have grown. The delegation of two Democratic and six Republican members of the House of Representatives, led by Florida Democrat Stephanie Murphy, ...

  Bloomberg The dollar steamrolled through Asia Wednesday as bond market bets on higher-for-longer US rates gave fresh fuel to the greenback’s rally, triggering a vocal pushback from regional officials. A gauge of the greenback climbed to a record, helped by what has become the steepest-ever surge in real yields. The yen dropped to a fresh 24-year low, the won ...