Politics

  Bloomberg Ukraine’s first shipments of grain since being invaded by Russia are a harbinger of relief for squeezed global markets, but many challenges remain before the millions of tons of food stuck in the country can be released. Perhaps the biggest is the willingness of shipowners to send their vessels into harm’s way, as the waters are littered with ...

  Bloomberg The rivals to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson are locked in a battle to take the toughest line on China, firmly drawing a line under the vaunted golden era for Sino-British ties. Liz Truss, the front-runner in the Conservative leadership race, has branded Chinese tech giants a security risk, called to arm Taiwan and, in private, labeled China’s ...

Bloomberg China announced sanctions on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her landmark trip to Taiwan this week, making her the highest-ranking US official designated for penalties by Beijing. The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced the unspecified sanctions against Pelosi and her immediate family after the speaker departed from Japan late Friday. Earlier, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular ...

Bloomberg Police swarmed parts of central Delhi and detained some leaders of India’s main opposition Congress party as they took to the streets of the capital to protest against soaring prices and unemployment. Dressed in black to symbolize their anger, Congress lawmakers, including former party chief Rahul Gandhi, were protesting near the parliament building Friday. His sister and Congress party ...

Bloomberg When Group of Seven leaders gathered in the Bavarian Alps in June, they pledged to stand with Ukraine for the long haul. Their Group of 20 counterparts are proving less supportive. Comprising nations that account for some 85% of global economic output, the G-20 is supposed to be more reflective of the world. Yet only half its number has ...

Bloomberg Peruvian lawmakers are closer to the 87 votes needed to oust President Pedro Castillo amid a judicial investigation into the head of state, according to an opposition legislator pushing for the removal. A group of parties in Peru’s congress are writing a third impeachment motion against Castillo that could lead to his removal from office and his replacement with ...

  Bloomberg Rwanda is equipping and fighting alongside a rebel group in Democratic Republic of Congo, a report by a United Nations group of experts on Congo showed. The panel presented evidence based on eyewitness testimony and drone footage that the Rwanda Defence Force has supported the M23 rebel group since November, according to the report sent to the UN ...

Bloomberg China fired its largest missile tests in Taiwan’s waters in decades, the day after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied Beijing by visiting the self-ruled island it claims as its own. The People’s Liberation Army fired 11 Dongfeng ballistic missiles into waters north, east and south of Taiwan between 13:56 p.m. and 16:00 p.m. local time Thursday, the island’s ...

Bloomberg Top Taliban officials didn’t know al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was hiding in Afghanistan, a spokesman said, and an investigation is underway to check the veracity of US claims he was killed in an American airstrike in the capital Kabul over the weekend. “The government and the leadership wasn’t aware of what is being claimed,” Suhail Shaheen, the head of ...

  Bloomberg The US Senate ratified adding Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a move intended to bolster the military alliance after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The vote was 95-1, far exceeding the two-thirds majority required for the approval of treaties. If the ascension wins approval from all current members of the alliance, Finland will join Estonia, ...