Bloomberg Belarus scrambled a fighter jet to force a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania to land in its territory, where authorities detained a journalist who covered the 2020 presidential election and protests against Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed claim of victory. The crew of the Boeing 737-800 carrying scores of passengers from Athens to Vilnius was notified by Belarusian authorities of ...

Bloomberg China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, will visit Russia for the 16th strategic and security consultation between the two countries starting from Monday, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday. Yang, director of the Communist Party’s central committee for foreign affairs who sits on the 25-member Politburo, will also visit Slovenia and Croatia, ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said ...

Bloomberg Ireland’s government warned of a “real risk” that hackers will release sensitive medical information, as it vowed again not to pay a ransom. Hackers have threatened to release private health records on Monday after infiltrating the system, in the latest cyberattack by an international crime gang. Spending minister Michael McGrath on Sunday repeated the government’s pledge not to make ...