Bloomberg As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third month, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are preparing to visit Kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hailed accelerated weapons supplies that he said could help Ukraine step up its counteroffensive, and said the Americans “should not come here with empty hands.” Russia said it struck a “large ...

  Bloomberg The Solomon Islands should be “really careful” in its security pact with China, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said, warning the Pacific nation could become beholden to the Asian nation. Joyce said on Australia’s national broadcaster that while he accepted the Solomon Islands’ pledge that there would not be a permanent Chinese military presence on the territory, ...

Bloomberg Changing UK leader now would be “seriously damaging to the country,” the chairman of the ruling Conservative Party said as calls continue for PM Boris Johnson to resign. Oliver Dowden told Sky News he expects Johnson to lead the party into the next general election, expected in about two years. Johnson will face a parliamentary ethics inquiry into his past ...