Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed in a phone call on the urgent need for a ceasefire in Ukraine, according to a statement from the Elysee palace in Paris. The two leaders underlined their attachment to respecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. They also discussed the risk of an ensuing food ...

  Bloomberg Violence erupted in Sri Lanka after the brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned as prime minister, with local reports saying protesters targeted the homes and properties of ruling-party lawmakers after pro-government groups attacked the demonstrators. The ancestral home of the Rajapaksa family in the southern district of Hambantota was set on fire, and police were forced to use ...

Bloomberg The UK’s desire to rewrite the Northern Ireland protocol was absent in detail from the Queen’s Speech, amid reports that domestic legislation is being prepared to override large chunks of the Brexit deal. While the UK repeated its warning that it will take necessary steps to address problems caused by the protocol, no named bill or signal of future ...