Bloomberg Chinese warplanes made multiple incursions close to Taiwan in the second major display of military might in two weeks. People’s Liberation Army aircraft conducted 38 flights near the territory, based on statements from Taiwan’s defense ministry. There were 13 Chinese planes in the air defense identification zone in nighttime hours and 25 earlier in the day, the ministry said. ...

Bloomberg North Korea claimed it had successfully test launched a newly developed anti-aircraft missile a day after the country’s leader, Kim jong-un, called President Joe Biden’s North Korea policy a “petty trick” — escalating tensions with Washington. The test was of “very practical significance in studying and developing various prospective anti-aircraft missile systems,” the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) ...

Bloomberg Moments after Boris Johnson told Parliament he planned to break a key election pledge and raise taxes on British workers, a WhatsApp message popped up on the phones of Conservative MPs: “PM in the tearoom now.” Johnson’s charm is by far his strongest political asset and the prime minister put it to work, mug in hand, to calm his ...