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Pakistan court rejects Khan’s bid to cancel arrest warrant

BLOOMBERG A Pakistan court rejected opposition leader Imran Khan’s petition to cancel an arrest warrant in the latest twist in a legal case that has raised political tensions in the country that’s struggling to shore up finances and avert a default. The former premier had filed an application to the lower courts in Lahore and Islamabad on Monday morning to ...

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EV charging supplier sees US raising costs by cutting off China

BLOOMBERG Taiwan’s Zerova Technologies is riding a boom spurred by demand for greener cars in the US. The maker of electric-vehicle charging systems is also navigating Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and according to Chief Executive Officer Jay Yang, it isn’t an altogether positive law. His take is that efforts to minimise reliance on China in the EV supply ...

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Polish-German tensions expose crack in unified Ukraine front

BLOOMBERG As Nato allies make a show of unity in support of Ukraine, a rift between Germany and Poland risks undermining a joint effort to supply Kyiv’s forces. Quarreling in Warsaw and Berlin over missiles, tanks and spare parts has reached a new level, even as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy calls on western backers to “hurry up” in delivering armaments before ...

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Police try to arrest ex-PM Imran Khan as Pakistan braces for protests

BLOOMBERG Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan addressed his supporters from his residence in Lahore as police said he was evading arrest and his close aides warned of a standoff between security forces and his supporters at the scene. Khan, 70, has drawn tens of thousands to his rallies in recent months and his arrest could bring them to the streets, ...

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Estonia’s premier Kallas faces far-right test, risking Nato unity

BLOOMBERG Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is favored to secure an election victory Sunday, though the vocal Vladimir Putin critic may struggle to form a new government as a far-right party taps discontent. Kallas, who has become popular at home and abroad for her unwavering support for Ukraine, has held a steady — if at times narrowing — lead over ...

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China’s spending on defense to grow 7.2%, fastest pace in 4 years

BLOOMBERG China said its defense spending would grow by 7.2% this year — the fastest pace since 2019 amid increasing tensions with the US on a range of issues, including Taiwan. Military expenditure is expected to rise to 1.55 trillion yuan ($225 billion) in 2023, according to the Ministry of Finance’s annual report released on Sunday at the start of ...

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UK plans law to prevent asylum claims by small boat arrivals

BLOOMBERG Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government plans new laws to prevent people who enter the UK on small boats from claiming asylum, as it looks for ways to halt a record influx of migrants crossing the English Channel. Discussing legislation expected to be introduced this week, Chris Heaton-Harris, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, said more options could be provided ...

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US troop expansion near Taiwan revives old debate in Philippines

BLOOMBERG It’s been more than three decades since the Philippines ordered US troops to withdraw from their sprawling military bases in the country, ending an era that hearkened back to America’s colonial days. Now the man overseeing the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority — once home to the US’s biggest naval base in Asia — wants them back. A recently revived ...

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Blinken, counterparts say Quad grouping not a military alliance

BLOOMBERG US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Quad nation counterparts seemed to use a public appearance to reassure China the grouping was not a security union seeking to force countries in Asia to choose between them and Beijing. “This is not a military grouping, it’s not that kind of alliance,” Blinken said on Friday at a panel discussion ...

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