Politics

  Bloomberg A new Pentagon report on the performance of billions of dollars in US weapons is marred by widespread use of a new designation that appears intended to suppress bad news under the guise of national security, according to Senator Elizabeth Warren. The Defense Department’s testing office issued two versions of its annual report last week —one posted online ...

  Bloomberg Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said the situation was under control after the West African regional bloc urged soldiers to return to their barracks in a bid to prevent what could become the fourth armed coup in one of its member-nations in less than a year. “I’m fine,” Embalo said in a tweet, hours after automatic gunfire erupted ...

  Bloomberg The US issued fresh sanctions against people and entities linked to Myanmar’s military that seized control of the government a year ago, with President Joe Biden warning “further costs” will be imposed as long the junta doesn’t hold elections. Seven people including Myanmar government officials and businessmen as well as a private logistics company and an army-run procurement ...

  Bloomberg Nato’s unity in confronting the potential threat against Ukraine has been a negative surprise for Russia, and Europe must be strategic with sanctions in case of an attack, Estonia’s prime minister said. Premier Kaja Kallas said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intentions in Ukraine still aren’t clear as his government masses forces across the border from its former ...

  Bloomberg With international tensions high over the Kremlin’s massing of troops towards its border with Ukraine, there’s an important difference from the way Russian media treated a similar build-up last year: Moscow’s main focus now is Nato, rather than Kyiv. The conclusion comes from a new data analysis of articles in “.ru” Internet domain names by Semantic Visions, a ...

  Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced fresh fury from his Conservative lawmakers after a report into partying in Downing Street during lockdown slammed “failures of leadership and judgment” at the top of his government and criticized “excessive” drinking. London’s Metropolitan Police is now investigating 12 lockdown gatherings in government buildings, including in Johnson’s own apartment, and said Monday ...

  Bloomberg Severe drought has led to millions of people needing humanitarian assistance across four regions in Ethiopia, according to the United Nations. Three failed rainy seasons have devastated livestock and crops in provinces including Afar and Oromia in the Horn of Africa nation, and about 6.8 million people will need emergency aid by the middle of the year, Unicef ...

  Bloomberg The Taliban have killed dozens of former Afghan officials, security forces and individuals who worked with international troops since the militant group took over the country in mid-August, the Associated Press reported, citing a United Nations report. Of the more than 100 killings identified by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a report obtained by the news agency, ...

  Bloomberg Hong Kong denied that criticism of the city’s strict policy to push for zero Covid-19 cases is illegal under a sweeping national security law that has silenced dissent in the former British colony. “Making general remarks and discussion is not illegal,” a government spokesman said in a statement Sunday, adding that the strategy was “the most effective way ...

  Bloomberg If North Korea’s test of its longest-range missile in five years wasn’t worrying enough, the state’s official media released images showing the Earth it said were taken in space from a rocket designed to deliver a nuclear warhead. Images of the weekend launch of its Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile were splashed on the country’s biggest newspaper Monday. The ...