Bloomberg President Joe Biden’s envoy for North Korea said the door remains open for talks, after Pyongyang claimed it tested new long-range cruise missiles that bolster its nuclear strike capabilities against Japan and South Korea. “We hope the DPRK will respond positively to our multiple offers to meet without preconditions,” Sung Kim, the State Department’s special representative for North Korea, ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Australia, India and Japan at the White House next week, the White House said, for discussions that will include countering China’s expanding influence in the Asia-Pacific region. The meetings will be the first in-person summit for a group known as the “Quad,” as Biden seeks to make the region a top ...

Bloomberg Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al Assad in the Kremlin, backing the Syrian leader’s efforts to eliminate the last enclaves of rebels backed by the US and Turkey. Under Western sanctions, Assad has maintained strong ties with Russia, which sent planes and troops to back his government in 2015. The intervention helped turn the tide ...