Politics

  Bloomberg North Korea hit back at US sanctions in response to recent hypersonic missile tests that raised new security concerns, vowing a “stronger and certain reaction” to Washington’s attempt to halt its weapons programs. The pursuit of the advanced hypersonic missiles system, which are designed to evade existing defenses, is North Korea’s “legitimate right,” the country’s Foreign Ministry said ...

  Bloomberg Boris Johnson’s office apologized to Queen Elizabeth II following revelations of partying in Downing Street the night before her husband’s funeral, heaping further pressure on the prime minister as his government faces a string of allegations over pandemic rule-breaking. The Daily Telegraph on Friday said that on April 16, 2021, two parties were held in Downing Street to ...

  Bloomberg Talks this week on Moscow’s demands for security guarantees from the US and its allies are at “a dead end,” a senior Russian diplomat said, stepping up the pressure on the West even as he and other officials held out the prospect of more diplomacy to ease tensions. “The US and its allies in effect are telling us ...

  Bloomberg Brazilians’ worries about unemployment and the latest Covid-19 surge continue to chip away at Jair Bolsonaro’s popularity, a poll found, leaving former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on track to win this year’s election. The economy is the nation’s biggest problem, according to 37% of those surveyed by Genial Investimentos and polling company Quaest Consultoria. Unemployment was ...

  Bloomberg A meeting between senior Russian and Nato officials in Brussels is running longer than scheduled as the two sides continue their diplomatic push to ease tensions over Moscow’s troop build-up near Ukraine. The encounter comes after a US-Russian meeting in Geneva earlier this week, with Western diplomats still struggling to discern the real intentions of Russian President Vladimir ...

  Bloomberg Former President Donald Trump claimed Twitter Inc “damaged the integrity” of the US election system by banning him from its social-media platform for stoking last year’s insurrection. Trump, permanently suspended from Twitter after a mob of his supporters raided the US Capitol to prevent the certification of Joe Biden as winner of the 2020 presidential election, is seeking ...

  Bloomberg Taiwan found debris near the area where one of its most advanced fighter jets went missing, as the search for the pilot and his aircraft stretched into a second day. The wreckage was found Wednesday close to where the F-16V disappeared during a training exercise, Taiwan’s National Rescue Command Center said in a text message. It is the ...

  Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally oversaw his regime’s latest hypersonic missile test, official media reported, as he pushes to develop weapons to counter US defenses. The Korean Central News Agency said the hypersonic glide vehicle made a 240-kilometer (150-mile) “corkscrew” maneuver during flight to hit a target in waters 1,000 kilometers away. It called the launch “a ...

  Bloomberg Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi commended a recent visit by Cambodian leader Hun Sen to Myanmar, which was the first by a foreign leader since the military coup in February. In a phone call with his counterpart Prak Sokhonn on Tuesday, Hayashi said he remained concerned about violence in Myanmar, and welcomed Cambodia’s positive efforts to resolve the ...

  Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to head off a growing revolt within his own party, offering an apology for attending what he called a “work” event in the Downing Street garden during lockdown, when outside parties were illegal. “There were things we simply did not get right,” he told the House of Commons on Wednesday. “I must ...