Bloomberg The UK blamed Russia for hoax calls made last week to three cabinet ministers, calling it “standard practice” from the Kremlin as Vladimir Putin’s administration seeks to distract from its failings on the battlefield in Ukraine. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and Home Secretary Priti Patel both said last week they’d received calls by impostors posing as the Ukrainian ...

  Bloomberg China slashed the amount of goods it purchased from Lithuania by almost 90% in the first two months of the year after the two countries became embroiled in a political and trade dispute late last year. Imports from Lithuania dropped 88.5% in dollar terms in the two months from the same period last year, according to figures by ...

  Bloomberg The European Union (EU) looks set to reinforce the US warning to China that Beijing would face serious consequences if it tried to cushion the blow of sanctions against Russia or provide Moscow with military support. The EU and the US have been coordinating closely ahead of a virtual EU-China summit on April 1 and will continue to ...