Politics

Bloomberg Boris Johnson is battling to convince his own Conservative Party colleagues to back plans to keep most of England under strict pandemic controls when the national lockdown ends this week. Ministers on Monday were expected to publish analysis of the health, economic and social impacts of the pandemic and the measures taken to suppress the disease, before a scheduled ...

Bloomberg Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin called on members of the ruling coalition to strengthen cooperation ahead of a general election he intends to hold once the virus pandemic subsides. The premier acknowledged the tense ties between his Bersatu party and rival turned key ally United Malays National Organization (UMNO), which controls the most parliament seats in his coalition. Steps ...

Bloomberg Nigeria said Boko Haram insurgents attacked rice farmers in the country’s northeast, leaving at least 42 of them dead. Insurgents ambushed farmers who had gone into rice fields in the Jere district of Borno state to bring in their harvest, according to a Nigerian presidency statement on Twitter. “I condemn the killing of our hardworking farmers by terrorists,“ President ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump isn’t abandoning his drive to overturn the election results in Wisconsin, despite state officials announcing a recount in Milwaukee county had only added to Democrat Joe Biden’s lead. “The Wisconsin recount is not about finding mistakes in the count, it is about finding people who have voted illegally, and that case will be brought after the ...

Bloomberg Forces in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region fired missiles towards the capital of neighbouring Eritrea for a second consecutive day after Ethiopian federal troops routed them from their own regional capital, according to foreign diplomats with knowledge of the attack. Officials from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front have blamed Eritrea for helping Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed advance against them ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam says that she has “piles of cash” at home because she is denied basic banking services due to US sanctions. In an interview, Lam said the Hong Kong government has to pay her in cash because she does not have a bank account following sanctions imposed by the US on her and other ...

Bloomberg The Somali military executed three members of the Al-Shabab extremist group who were convicted of several killings in the capital Mogadishu. The three included Mohamed Haji Ahmed Ilkacase, chief of Al-Shabab’s assassination unit in Mogadishu, according to military court officials. They were executed by firing squad on Sunday, the attorney general of the Somali military court, Abdullahi Bulle Kamey, ...

Bloomberg Vice President-elect Kamala Harris dismissed the prospect of a rematch against President Donald Trump, who’s been signalling he could run again in 2024 if he can’t reverse the results of this month’s vote. Speaking to reporters at a holiday market in Washington, Harris made a scoffing sound when asked whether she and President-elect Joe Biden would be prepared to ...

Bloomberg Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is keeping up pressure on the UK government for another independence referendum, yet she also faces the task of keeping her party patiently united behind her approach. As the Scottish National Party (SNP) holds its annual conference this weekend, the 50-year-old leader’s position could hardly look stronger: there’s now clear majority support for breaking ...

Bloomberg Ethiopian federal troops began an artillery offensive against the city of Mekelle as the government seeks to break the hold of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on the region. TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael confirmed that the government offensive is under way. There were no immediate reports of casualties or specific targets being hit, according to two senior United ...