Bloomberg China has sent its Shandong aircraft carrier for military training in the South China Sea and plans to continue similar exercises, the state-owned Global Times said. The training conducted by the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Shandong aircraft carrier task group is “a routine exercise,” the paper said on Twitter, citing a PLA Navy spokesperson. It didn’t give exact timings ...

Bloomberg Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is trailing in a key state election that is seen as a test of his popularity and an indication of whether the backlash over his government’s mishandling of the country’s Covid-19 emergency will hurt him at the ballot box. In West Bengal, incumbent Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s All India Trinamool Congress was ahead ...

Bloomberg Germany’s Greens have cemented a robust advantage in the early stages of the election campaign, boosting their chances of capturing the chancellery in September and pushing through a heavily environmentalist reform agenda. Bolstered by a youthful image and strong climate credentials, the Greens surged into the lead past Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc in three separate polls in the past ...