Politics

Bloomberg China said that a World Health Organisation (WHO) team of experts will arrive this week to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, after the country was criticised by the health body and other nations for a lack of transparency around tracking the pathogen’s source. The team of scientists will come to China from January 14, the National Health Commission said ...

Bloomberg India’s Supreme Court has said it proposes to put three controversial farm laws on hold, a move that could possibly end the stalemate between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration and tens of thousands of farmers protesting for nearly three months now. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde said on Monday that a final ...

Bloomberg Banned from social media and abandoned by some staff after inciting a riot at the US Capitol, President Donald Trump and a dwindling circle of advisers plan a defiant final week in office, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump is confident Vice President Mike Pence and members of his cabinet won’t attempt to remove him under the ...

Bloomberg The US Secretary of State and foreign ministers of the UK, Canada and Australia expressed their “serious concern” about the arrest of 55 politicians and activists in Hong Kong, the governments said in a joint statement. Hong Kong’s National Security Law, under which the arrests were made, is a breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration and undermines the “one ...

Bloomberg Sweden’s top defense official said staying out of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) remains the best security option for the country, even with an increasingly assertive Russia. A Swedish application for Nato membership would “affect the entire security policy architecture in our part of Europe,” Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said in an interview in Stockholm. “Above all, it puts ...

Bloomberg Philippines House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco renewed a proposal to amend the country’s Constitution by lifting restrictive economic provisions to attract more foreign investments. A resolution from the Senate and the House of Representatives seeks to insert the phrase “unless otherwise provided by law” to several sections of the Constitution involving national patrimony and economy; education, science and technology; ...

Bloomberg Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev plan to meet in Moscow on Monday for first time since their countries fought a 44-day war. The talks, which will also include Russian President Vladimir Putin, will focus on aiding residents of the war zone and unblocking economic and transportation links between the countries, the Kremlin said on ...

Bloomberg Kim Jong Un will put North Korea on a path to develop more advanced nuclear technologies and missiles, sending a chilling warning to President-elect Joe Biden that the Asian leader is ready to ratchet up security tensions. Kim called the US a “war monster” and his “biggest main enemy,” at the first Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea ...

Bloomberg The US charged 55 people with crimes stemming from the siege of the US Capitol and President Donald Trump’s actions ahead of the riot may be investigated by federal prosecutors. Asked whether the US Attorney’s office would scrutinise the president’s role in inciting the storming of the Capitol, Michael Sherwin, the acting US Attorney in Washington, said at a ...

Bloomberg House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is moving cautiously as she faces pressure from angry Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, while President-elect Joe Biden is making it clear he wants to focus on his agenda and fighting the coronavirus. With many House Democrats demanding impeachment after Trump encouraged a mob that stormed the Capitol this week, ...