Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin said Russia and China play an “important stabilizing role” in international politics ahead of a meeting this week with Xi Jinping in Beijing. Putin, who is heading to the Chinese capital to attend the Winter Olympics, said discussion of “relevant international topics” will be a key part of the visit, seemingly a reference to current ...

  Bloomberg Myanmar’s military government will not be invited to a meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers later this month, VOA Khmer reported Wednesday, citing a Cambodian Foreign Ministry official. The Myanmar junta made little progress in implementing a consensus agreed with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to stop violence, Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Chum Sounry was quoted as ...

  Bloomberg The FBI is investigating a series of bomb threats against several historically black colleges and other institutions across the country this week as hate crimes. “This investigation is of the highest priority for the bureau and involves more than 20 FBI field offices across the country,” the FBI said in a statement. “These threats are being investigated as ...