Politics

Bloomberg President Joe Biden’s approval rating dropped to a new low, mainly because of more negative views among Democrats and independents, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. The president’s overall approval rating is at 41%, down from 50% in June and 44% in September, according to the survey, which added that his current standing isn’t statistically different from two ...

Bloomberg US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concerns over China’s continued military, diplomatic, and economic pressure on Taiwan in a phone conversation with Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Blinken urged Beijing “to engage in meaningful dialogue” to resolve Taiwan Strait issues “peacefully and in a manner consistent with the wishes and best interests of the people on Taiwan,” US Department ...

Bloomberg Bulgarians are voting again in their third general elections this year under abysmal conditions. The poorest nation in the European Union has one of the world’s worst Covid-related death rates, is struggling to access the EU’s pandemic aid and is in a state of permanent political crisis. Former PM Boyko Borissov has run the country for most of the last ...

Bloomberg Austria is putting unvaccinated people under lockdown from Monday, the most drastic move by a Western European country to slow the latest wave of the coronavirus. European cases reached almost 2 million last week, the most in a single week in the region since the pandemic started. The Netherlands and Latvia have both imposed new measures, while Germany is ...

Bloomberg A row engulfing the British government has helped the opposition Labour party record one of its first poll leads over the ruling Conservative party for almost a year. Keir Starmer’s Labour party registered 37% support in the survey, a single point ahead of the Conservatives in the Opinium poll published by the Observer newspaper. It’s the first Labour lead ...

Bloomberg Vladimir Putin has a message for the US and its allies: Moscow won’t tolerate creeping expansion by their armed forces into Ukraine. That’s what he’s told German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other western officials who’ve called in recent days to warn him about what they say is a new accumulation of tanks and troops near the border with his ...

Bloomberg Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will run against his daughter Sara for the vice presidency in next year’s elections, ABS-CBN reported, citing Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. President Duterte plans to file his candidacy on Monday, the last day to finalise bids for the 2022 polls, Andanar was quoted by ABS-CBN as saying on Saturday. When contacted by Bloomberg, Andanar said ...

Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin brushed off a request by Chancellor Angela Merkel to exercise his influence over Belarus as the European Union prepares a fresh raft of sanctions against the regime in Minsk for channeling thousands of migrants to the bloc’s border. With footage of clashes on Poland’s frontier with Belarus and EU leaders accusing the country’s president, Aleksander Lukashenko, ...

Bloomberg An American journalist faces new charges of terrorism and sedition nearly six months after he was detained by the military junta, his lawyer said, dealing a fresh blow to US efforts to free him. Danny Fenster, managing editor of Frontier Myanmar news outlet, could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if he is found in breach of ...

Bloomberg Former President Donald Trump failed to block the release of documents sought by a US House panel investigating the January 6 Capitol riot. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington denied Trump’s request for an injunction, saying “public interest lies in permitting — not enjoining — the combined will of the legislative and executive branches to study the events ...