Politics

Bloomberg Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise decision to scrap three contentious farm laws may not be enough to stem a yearlong protest movement by farmers, with the two sides yet to close the gap on another crucial issue — guaranteed prices for crops. The protesters postponed their planned march to the capital New Delhi, after the government assured the ...

Bloomberg Burkina Faso protest movements vowed to maintain their demands for President Roch Marc Christian Kabore to step down after police fired teargas to disperse a rally on Saturday. Protesters gathered near the Place de la Nation in the centre of the capital, Ouagadougou, to call for Kabore’s departure, and for French troops to leave the country. France has about ...

Bloomberg The Biden administration included Taiwan among the 110 invitees to its upcoming democracy summit, the State Department announced, a move that’s intended to show solidarity with a key regional partner but risks angering China. Taiwan was invited to join nations, including the UK and Japan, at the December 9-10 virtual summit, the State Department said on its website. The ...

Bloomberg Olaf Scholz is set to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor after forging an unprecedented alliance that aims to revamp Europe’s largest economy by tackling climate change and promoting digital technologies. After nearly two months of intense negotiations, Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats said they would present their agreement with the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats. Details of the ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden’s administration is considering whether to send American military advisers to Ukraine as Russian forces on that country’s border pose the threat of invasion, CNN reported. The network, citing unnamed sources, said the US was also looking into providing more weapons to Ukraine’s armed forces, including anti-aircraft stinger missiles. CNN added that some of the equipment, including ...

Bloomberg The Nigerian government rejected a leaked report’s findings that its security forces shot and killed unarmed protesters in Lagos last year. The unsigned report by a panel of inquiry set up by the Lagos state government, which began circulating, said 11 civilians died on October 20, 2020, after soldiers and police officers opened fire. The document said the events ...

Bloomberg A top German diplomat urged the UK to honour the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol, and warned that the dispute over the issue is “not a game” as European Union ministers rallied behind the bloc’s chief negotiator. “Dear friends in London and in Britain, please come to your senses,” Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Roth said in Brussels during a meeting ...

Bloomberg On the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit last month, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned her likely successor that the coronavirus pandemic might require tougher curbs. But Olaf Scholz brushed aside the proposal, and Germany is now paying the price. At the Rome meeting in late October, where Merkel introduced Scholz to other world leaders, she proposed convening the ...

Bloomberg Bulgarian President Rumen Radev clarified his stance on Crimea on the first day after his re-election following comments that sparked an angry reaction from the US and Ukraine. Radev, who won a second five-year term, said during a pre-election debate that sanctions on Russia for its occupation of Crimea were having no effect. When pressed by his opponent to ...

Bloomberg China fired a missile from a hypersonic weapon as it approached a target during a test in July, the Financial Times reported, adding the Pentagon was surprised because no nation was known to have the capability. A hypersonic glide vehicle launched by China fired the projectile over the South China Sea while moving at five times the speed of ...