Bloomberg Russia and China gave alternative accounts of President Xi Jinping’s birthday call with Vladimir Putin, as both sides seek to manage perceptions of their relationship in the wake of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The Kremlin readout said the two men, both 69, discussed increasing economic cooperation, trade and military-technical ties between China and Russia on Wednesday. Moscow’s version also ...

Bloomberg UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said she was unable to visit detained Uyghurs and that she was accompanied by authorities while visiting Xinjiang, remarks that raise questions about the Chinese government’s efforts to influence her trip. “I was not able to speak to any Uyghurs currently detained or their families during the visit,” Bachelet told a meeting of the ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser said he resigned because was put in an “impossible and odious position” by the UK prime minister, who he stated was considering a potential deliberate breach of the ministerial code. In his resignation letter, Christopher Geidt didn’t specify the issue Johnson asked him to advise upon and that led him to quit. In his reply ...