Bloomberg Moves and posturing by Nato may have “somehow provoked, or not prevented” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Pope Francis, who reiterated a previously expressed view about the alliance in remarks published Tuesday by daily La Stampa. Speaking during a pool interview with a group of newspapers, the Pope condemned the brutality and ferocity of Russian troops in Ukraine, ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson accused lawyers representing asylum seekers of “abetting” criminal gangs as he defended his plan to start deportation flights to Rwanda, a policy that has drawn condemnation from UK religious leaders, some ruling Conservative MPs and even the heir to the throne. The UK government argues that sending migrants it regards as having arrived illegally in Britain to ...

Bloomberg China’s decision to transfer one of its most high-profile diplomats —and most senior Russia experts — to a state media regulator is fanning speculation over who will be foreign minister after an upcoming reshuffle. Former Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng, 59, who has frequently stood in for Foreign Minister Wang Yi in recent months, has been appointed as the ...