Bloomberg Japan for the first time referred to the importance of stability around Taiwan in its annual defense report, ratcheting up its concerns over the island that has been a flashpoint in tensions between China and the US The wording in the “Defense of Japan” white paper released on Tuesday increased friction between the two biggest economies in Asia. A ...

Bloomberg South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination program has been partially halted as violent protests following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma rage in two key provinces. State-administered inoculations have been suspended in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng, the economic hub, said Nicholas Crisp, a consultant to the National Health Department who is helping oversee the program. “We are clearly not ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a rebellion in Parliament from his own Conservatives to force his government to abandon plans to slash its foreign aid budget by about $5.6 billion. Though he enjoys a significant majority in the House of Commons, there are some Tory members of Parliament who believe they have the numbers to defeat Johnson and ...