Politics

Bloomberg China’s President Xi Jinping may visit India in the second half of 2021 amid ongoing border tensions, to attend a meeting of the BRICS group, the Times of India reported without saying where it got the information. China has supported India’s hosting the meeting of heads of state of the grouping which also includes Brazil, South Africa and Russia, ...

Bloomberg Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s trial on corruption, money laundering and racketeering charges that date back to the 1990s will begin on May 17, after the courts rejected his repeated applications to have the case dismissed. The case against the 78-year-old resumed briefly in the High Court in the eastern town of Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday, where the trial ...

Bloomberg Three former top US Capitol security officials are facing aggressive questions from two Senate panels digging into the lapses that allowed a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters to overwhelm police officers and ransack the building as Congress was certifying the presidential election results. The joint hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Rules and Administration Committees is the first ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s leader said it is “crystal clear” that Beijing needs to reform the financial hub’s electoral system, just a day after China’s top official for the city signalled major changes were coming. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said political unrest in the former British colony, including massive protests in 2019, had forced Beijing to ensure the city is governed ...

Bloomberg Myanmar’s anti-military protesters plan to hold their largest mass rally yet on Monday after two demonstrators were shot dead this weekend. Shops and businesses are expected to close in solidarity, with the nation’s largest retailer, City Mart, announcing it will shut all of its outlets. The violent crackdown on the largely-peaceful movement risks stunting an already troubled economy. Nearly ...

Bloomberg Philippine authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people in the south of the country on Sunday as tropical storm Dujuan approaches. About 51,400 people have been moved to 331 evacuation centers in the provinces of Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Dinagat Islands, and Butuan City, the disaster risk reduction and management agency said. The first ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump will speak on February 28 at the annual Conservative Political Action Campaign (CPAC) conference in Orlando, Florida, his first public appearance since leaving the White House. The former president will discuss future of Republican Party and the conservative movement, said a person familiar with Trump’s schedule. He’s also expected to take on President Joe Biden’s immigration policies. ...

Bloomberg Voters in Niger are picking a new president on Sunday in a runoff election set to mark the first-ever transfer of power through the ballot box in the West African nation. Mohamed Bazoum, an ally of incumbent President Mahamadou Issoufou, received 39% of the vote in a first round that fielded 30 candidates. He now faces a single opponent, ...

Bloomberg Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny could be transferred to a prison camp within days after losing an appeal on Saturday of his jailing, which has sparked mass protests and a spike in tensions with the West. The ruling by a Moscow court removes the last legal obstacle to sending Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic to serve out the term, ...

Bloomberg Prosecutors are pursuing a wider conspiracy case against the Oath Keepers, charging six more people with links to the far-right group for their alleged roles in last month’s deadly breach of the US Capitol. A new indictment added to growing evidence that members of extreme right-wing organisations planned and coordinated the January 6 assault in Washington, gathering battle supplies ...