Bloomberg German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for more countries to join international efforts to isolate Russia, saying President Vladimir Putin must not be allowed a victory in Ukraine that could embolden other warmongers. Scholz’s plea came as the European Union struggles to maintain a united front in talks over further sanctions against Moscow, and many emerging powers in Asia, Africa ...

Bloomberg The US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) warned Russia could use any Ukraine territory it holds onto as a “springboard” to capture more terrain. Germany’s chancellor said Russia wants to “bomb us back to a time when war was a common political tool.” Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told allies the war “may ...

Bloomberg Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged that China remain integrated in the region, days after US President Joe Biden visited Asia for a series of summits that excluded the world’s second-largest economy. “If US-China relations continue on this path, it will lead to further bifurcation of technology and splitting of supply chains or even worse unintended consequences,” Lee ...