Politics

Bloomberg US relations with China won’t improve until Beijing stops its economic coercion against America’s close regional ally, Australia, a senior aide to President Joe Biden told the Age newspaper. The administration has told the Chinese government that the US wasn’t going to leave Australia alone on the field, Kurt Campbell, the National Security Council’s Asia coordinator, said in an ...

Bloomberg Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said no more lawmakers will leave the party for the ruling government, adding that members remain steadfast in the wake of defections. “We are not going to compromise on the values and principles that the party has adopted so far,” he said at a media briefing on Tuesday. “Our party members will remain steadfast ...

Bloomberg Myanmar’s junta on Monday extended “full martial law” to additional areas in Yangon following a weekend of nationwide protests that left at least 50 people dead in the wake of a brutal crackdown by security forces. Coup leaders first imposed the measure in two townships after the Chinese Embassy asked authorities to guarantee the safety of Chinese investments and ...

Bloomberg Libya’s first unified government in seven years was sworn in, as a political reconciliation that seeks to end almost a decade of conflict in the Opec member gathers pace. Officials took the oath of office on Monday at the parliament in Tobruk, eastern Libya. The new cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah, is set to take ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson moved to ease tensions over police handling of a vigil to support a woman who was murdered in London, after a second day of protests that drew hundreds of people despite the coronavirus lockdown. The UK prime minister’s effort is a response to controversy over the death of 33-year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard, who disappeared on March ...

Bloomberg Republican members of Congress are trooping to the US-Mexico border to put a spotlight on a surge of migrants at the frontier that they say is the result of President Joe Biden’s shift from the hardline immigration policies of his predecessor. Less than two months into Biden’s term, both parties are already framing their messages on immigration — a ...

Bloomberg Ugandan police returned opposition leader Bobi Wine to his home and encircled the property hours after arresting him during a protest over human-rights abuses by security agents against his supporters. The politician — whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi — was “arrested as he led MPs and other leaders in a peaceful protest against the abduction, torture and murder ...

Bloomberg A pregnant woman and a monk were among those killed in Myanmar over the weekend amid violent crackdowns by security forces on anti-coup protesters, as both sides showed no signs of backing down. At least seven people were confirmed dead, according to the UN Human Rights Office, bringing its tally since the coup started in February to 88. Fatalities ...

Bloomberg Kenya has decided to withdraw from a maritime-border case with Somalia, ahead of a hearing at the International Court of Justice scheduled for Monday, Nairobi-based Sunday Nation reported. The decision is partly because of the failure to accept Kenya’s request to further delay hearings due to coronavirus-related disruptions, the newspaper said, citing documents whose source it didn’t disclose. A ...

Bloomberg The UK parliament is set to debate a new law that will clamp down on the right to protest, after London police were criticized for their handling of a vigil over the weekend for a murdered woman that turned violent. Legislation due before the House of Commons on Monday will feed into the controversy over the death of 33-year-old ...