Politics

BLOOMBERG Myanmar’s military rulers have announced the release of more than 3,000 prisoners as part of a holiday amnesty, a week after one of the deadliest air strikes carried out by the junta since it seized power. The State Administration Council (SAC) announced the move, which included the release of 98 foreigners, as part of the traditional New Year state ...

BLOOMBERG Top diplomats from Group of Seven (G-7) nations sought to project unity on China and other issues after French leader Emmanuel Macron stirred unease across the bloc with a conciliatory tone on a recent trip to Beijing. “The last day has only reinforced the convergence of views that we have on the approach to the most important issues of ...

NEW YORK / WAM Clashes intensified across Sudan on Monday, as top UN officials urged rival military factions to protect civilians and respect the country’s international obligations. “I strongly condemn the outbreak of fighting that is taking place in Sudan and appeal to the leaders of the Rapid Support Forces (RAF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) to immediately cease ...

BLOOMBERG Nuclear powers within the Group of Seven (G-7) nations pledged to end Russia’s dominance over global atomic-fuel markets, potentially cutting off a critical source of geopolitical currency for Russian President Vladimir Putin more than a year after his invasion of Ukraine. Canada, France, Japan, the UK and US committed to jointly dislodge Russia from global nuclear supply chains. Even ...

BLOOMBERG Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Fumio Kishida returned to the campaign trail after being targeted by an explosive device at an event he attended in central Japan, weeks before he hosts the Group of Seven (G-7) world leaders for a summit. A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion he threw an explosive in Kishida’s direction just as he was ...

BLOOMBERG Thailand’s main opposition party remains the top choice of voters ahead of a general election next month, with Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha and his party falling further behind in their bid to retain power, according to an opinion poll. Pheu Thai, linked to former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, was backed by 47% of the participants in the April 3-7 survey ...

BLOOMBERG Deadly battles between Sudan’s army and a rival paramilitary group spread across the country during a second day of violence, with fatalities rising to at least 56 amid fears of a full-blown civil war. Intense fighting took place at the military’s headquarters in the capital Khartoum, causing parts of the building to catch fire, the army said in a ...

BLOOMBERG German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling coalition will quickly approve a Polish request for permission to re-export MiG 29 fighter jets from former East German military stocks to Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the issue. The coalition will grant the demand to further support Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invading forces, said the person who asked not ...

BLOOMBERG  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to punish breakers of construction-safety regulations in the wake of February’s deadly earthquakes, a move to distance himself from the devastation brought by tens of thousands of building collapses. “We will squeeze them into a corner,” Erdogan said in an interview with with CNN-Turk television. “It will be included in crimes that can’t ...

BLOOMBERG President Joe Biden said the US was close to concluding investigations into the leak of sensitive documents that exposed American spying practices and assessments of Russia’s war in Ukraine, even as he sought to downplay the impact of the disclosures. “There’s a full-blown investigation going on right now, as you know, with the intelligence community and the Justice Department,” ...