Politics

Bloomberg China condemned the US’s latest overture towards Taiwan, warning that ties between the two countries faced “huge risks” just weeks after Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agreed to hold a video summit. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call for greater participation by Taiwan in UN organisations violated the “one China” understanding between Beijing and Washington, Foreign Ministry ...

Bloomberg Julian Assange won’t face solitary confinement or supermax prison in Colorado if he’s jailed in the US, as lawyers for the country argued his extradition shouldn’t have been blocked by a London judge on mental health grounds. The US laid out several assurances over his potential confinement and access to psychological treatment at the start of the London appeal ...

Bloomberg The Sudanese prime minister arrested in the military coup was returned to his home but remains under close guard, the Information Ministry said. Abdalla Hamdok was allowed to go back to his residence in the capital, Khartoum, the ministry said on its Facebook page. A number of government ministers and political leaders are still being held at unspecified locations, ...

Bloomberg China pledged to help the Taliban “rebuild the country” while reiterating calls for the US to lift sanctions against the new leaders of Afghanistan as the economy worsens. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks to a Taliban delegation in Doha, Qatar, during the first high-level meeting between Beijing and the Taliban since it formed an interim government ...

Bloomberg Sudan’s military leader said the prime minister arrested was safe and staying with him at his home, as he looked to quell international criticism over the army’s seizure of power. Premier Abdalla Hamdok is being held for his own safety and will return home “today or tomorrow,” Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told reporters Tuesday in the capital. Khartoum. The detention ...

Bloomberg Myanmar didn’t show up at an annual summit of Southeast Asian countries after rejecting an invitation to send a non-political representative instead of its junta leader, a move that isolates its government internationally as it grapples with civil strife back home. The Association of the Southeast Asian Nations took a rare step earlier this month in excluding military leader ...

Bloomberg New Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling party was dealt a blow when it lost one of two upper house special elections, which are serving as a barometer of support ahead of a national general election in a week. In a setback to the premier, opposition-backed Shinnosuke Yamazaki was projected by public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News as the ...

Bloomberg The activist coalition that backs Sudan’s civilian wing of government said the army should cede chairmanship of the country’s joint military-civilian sovereign council by November 17. A civilian should assume leadership of the council by that date, leading member of the Forces of Freedom and Change alliance, Mohamed Nagi Alassam, said, citing calculations based on previous pacts between activists, ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden’s envoy for North Korea reiterated the US is ready for dialog without preconditions, urging the country to respond to its offers, Yonhap reported. The US has made it clear it has no hostile intention at all, Yonhap said, citing US Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim. He spoke after meeting South Korea’s Special Representative for ...

Bloomberg A powerful Pacific storm slammed into California and the Pacific Northwest bringing crashing surf, flooding rains that could touch off mudslides, and heavy snow across the region’s higher elevations. Drenching rain has already fallen in northern California, with parts of Marin County, north of San Francisco, getting 5.68 inches, said Scott Rowe, a National Weather Service meteorologist. Flood, wind, ...