Politics

Bloomberg President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he’d support a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas after days of calling for calm but not publicly seeking an end to the conflict, a shift in the US approach to the crisis following days of rising criticism. “The president expressed his support for a cease-fire and discussed US engagement with Egypt ...

Bloomberg A cyclone barreling through India’s west coast sank a barge hired by state-run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) prompting a massive operation to rescue 96 people missing from the vessel. “Long-range maritime surveillance aircraft were assisting rescue effort but bad weather was hampering operations,” Indian Navy Spokesman Vivek Madhwal said, adding that about 177 people, who were ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal includes billions of dollars tied to improving cybersecurity, an area of intensified interest after the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline Co sent US gasoline prices soaring last week. But the exact amount that will be spent on improving cyber defenses remains to be seen. The $2 trillion American Jobs Plan, as the infrastructure ...

Bloomberg The decline of Spain’s rural population has vexed lawmakers and citizens for more than half a century. Now Covid-19 is suddenly changing the landscape. For the first time in decades, some towns outside the country’s main urban centers are counting more people arriving than leaving, as stay-at-home restrictions and worries about the spread of the virus spur demand for ...

Bloomberg The UK government is locked in an internal debate over a trade deal with Australia as it tries to balance a desire for greater access to new markets against potential ramifications for domestic business. Britain and Australia agreed the bulk of a free-trade agreement in April and have signaled they want to conclude the pact by the G-7 summit ...

Bloomberg Chile’s right-wing government coalition likely secured fewer than a third of the seats on the Constitutional Assembly in this weekend’s historic elections, making it more difficult to block major changes and leaving independent and the opposition left-wing parties with more sway to rewrite the new charter. Contenders from the government coalition’s main list obtained 21% of votes with more ...

Bloomberg Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the North Carolina Republican Party’s state convention next month, the party announced on Monday. The June 5 speech marks the latest step in Trump’s re-emergence into public life since leaving office on January 20. Trump, who turns 75 in June, also is expected to appear on May ...

Bloomberg The European Union (EU) agreed to avoid escalating its dispute with the US over metal tariffs, sparing iconic products such as Harley Davidson motorbikes from a doubling of EU duties next month. At issue is a high-profile disagreement that started in 2018 when former US President Donald Trump imposed duties on steel and aluminum from Europe, Asia and elsewhere ...

Bloomberg Peru’s presidential candidates are virtually tied in a mock election carried out by pollster Ipsos. Pedro Castillo’s lead over Keiko Fujimori has dwindled to less than 2 percentage points and is within the margin of error ahead of the June 6 runoff, according to El Comercio newspaper. The results are the latest to show Castillo’s once double-digit lead greatly ...

Bloomberg Brussels should stop “point-scoring” and work with the UK to implement the Brexit trade deal, according to David Frost, the British minister in charge of relations with the European Union. Writing in the Mail on Sunday newspaper, he called on EU officials to cooperate over problems arising from the so-called Northern Irish protocol, which draws a trade border in ...