Australia Rejects US Request to Join Red Sea Naval Operation

(Bloomberg) -- Australia has rejected a US request for a warship to help protect international shipping lanes in the Red Sea, with Defense Minister Richard Marles saying the nation’s strategic focus had to remain on the Indo-Pacific.Most Read from BloombergHyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent TransitHarvard Financial Pain Grows as Blavatnik Joins Donor RevoltTencent Leads $80 Billion Rout as China Rekindles Crackdown FearVilified Zero-Day Options Blamed by Traders for S&P Decline