Bloomberg US President Joe Biden will seek to win Japan’s backing for a common response to Russia if it attacks Ukraine during his first virtual summit on Friday with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Ahead of the talks, a senior administration official said Biden wants to discuss a “strong, united response that would result from further Russian aggression toward ...

  Bloomberg Britain’s top foreign and defense officials held talks with their Australian counterparts in Sydney on Friday, focusing on advancing a security pact involving nuclear-powered submarines and sharing notes on countering China’s growing clout. UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss and Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace met with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and Minister for ...

  Bloomberg North Korea may be looking at test firing its first intercontinental ballistic missile in more than four years as the strongest move it could soon make to ratchet up tensions with the US, a South Korean lawmaker said after a briefing by the country’s spy agency. “The most probable card for provocation that North Korea could play would ...