Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin ordered dramatically heightened security, including restrictions on movement, in regions along the border with Ukraine as attacks have spread into Russian territory. Citing strikes in recent weeks in border zones and a bombing on his showcase bridge to Crimea, Putin told a televised meeting of his Security Council that he’s ordering stepped-up measures across much of ...

  Bloomberg The UK said it is moving to stop ex-military pilots from offering training to China, warning they could be prosecuted under an espionage law. “When former UK military pilots provide training to the People’s Liberation Army of China it clearly erodes the UK’s defense advantage,” Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Wednesday on Twitter. “We are taking immediate steps ...

  Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc has been reprimanded by a UK watchdog for violating environmental advertising rules, after it sought to depict itself as a green bank in a set of posters. In the latest sign that regulators are growing increasingly intolerant of all manifestations of greenwashing, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it has ordered HSBC to ensure the ...