Politics

Bloomberg Sweden and Finland are winning more pledges of help in case Russia attacks them as the Nordic nations are on the path to becoming members of the Nato defense bloc. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed a security agreement with Sweden and plans another with Finland later in the day, as the pair is moving closer to filing membership ...

Bloomberg The UK escalated its threats over the post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, saying the European Union’s latest proposals on trading arrangements won’t work and signalling it’s prepared to take unilateral steps unless a new agreement can be negotiated. The government “will not shy away from taking action to stabilise the situation in Northern Ireland if solutions cannot be found,” ...

Bloomberg The only son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos has claimed victory in a high-stakes Philippines presidential election and has asked critics to judge him by his actions and not his past as he moves on with considering names for his cabinet. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr won the election by a landslide, cementing his family’s return to ...

Bloomberg Japan and South Korea are among the countries set to join the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), a US-led regional grouping President Joe Biden is expected to unveil later this month, the Sankei newspaper reported. Australia and New Zealand are also set to sign up as members of the group, the paper said, without specifying where it got the information. ...

  Bloomberg Ferdinand Marcos Jr won a landslide victory in the Philippines presidential election, according to unofficial results, bringing his family back to power in Manila 36 years after his dictator father fled the country. With 96.7% of the election returns counted, the former senator won 30.7 million votes, or 58.8% of the total votes cast for president. His closest ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden said he’s worried that Russian President Vladimir Putin “doesn’t have a way out right now” of his war in Ukraine, as the US leader signed into law a measure making it easier for Washington to send weapons and supplies to the government in Kyiv. Congressional Democrats have drafted a Ukraine aid package worth almost $40 billion, ...

  Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed in a phone call on the urgent need for a ceasefire in Ukraine, according to a statement from the Elysee palace in Paris. The two leaders underlined their attachment to respecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. They also discussed the risk of an ensuing food ...

  Bloomberg Violence erupted in Sri Lanka after the brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned as prime minister, with local reports saying protesters targeted the homes and properties of ruling-party lawmakers after pro-government groups attacked the demonstrators. The ancestral home of the Rajapaksa family in the southern district of Hambantota was set on fire, and police were forced to use ...

Bloomberg The UK’s desire to rewrite the Northern Ireland protocol was absent in detail from the Queen’s Speech, amid reports that domestic legislation is being prepared to override large chunks of the Brexit deal. While the UK repeated its warning that it will take necessary steps to address problems caused by the protocol, no named bill or signal of future ...

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron offered a way for Ukraine to work more closely with the European Union, hours after Russia’s Vladimir Putin compared his war with Kyiv to the fight against Nazi Germany. “Ukraine, with its fight and courage, is already a member by heart of our Europe, our family, our union,” Macron told members of the European parliament ...