Politics

Bloomberg China indicated that it wants Australia to act to improve strained relations, saying Canberra should know what needs to be done to get ties back on track. “China has been pragmatic in growing its business relations with all partners. A healthy relationship needs the nurturing and care of both sides,” Assistant Minister of Commerce Li Chenggang said at a ...

Bloomberg Trade talks between the UK and European Union are set to be extended beyond this weekend’s informal deadline and continue in Brussels next week, according to two people familiar with the matter. Negotiators have been working round the clock in London, with both sides pinpointing the end of this week as the last moment they could strike a deal ...

Bloomberg Ethiopia’s prime minister said he expects conflict in the north of the country to end quickly, dismissing concerns that the fighting may escalate into a full-blown civil war. Federal soldiers continued to clash on Monday with fighters loyal to the Tigray region’s ruling party, six days after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered forces to respond to an alleged attack ...

Bloomberg President-elect Joe Biden announced a new coronavirus task force as his transition team seeks to fulfill a campaign promise to develop a dramatically different approach than President Donald Trump’s to contain the pandemic. The 13-member task force is composed largely of doctors and public health experts, who will work with Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and the transition team ...

Bloomberg Myanmar’s ruling party led by Aung San Suu Kyi said it had won enough parliamentary seats to retain power in the country’s second election since the end of military rule almost a decade ago. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) is on course to win about 390 seats to the national assembly, according to Myo Nyunt, a member ...

Bloomberg Hungarian PM Viktor Orban announced sweeping measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus, in a policy reversal triggered by new cases threatening to overwhelm hospitals. The government will ban public gatherings, expand a curfew to between 8 pm and 5 am, shut restaurants except for take-away and switch secondary schools and universities to distance learning, Orban said on ...

Bloomberg President-elect Joe Biden called on Americans to put aside the divisiveness of the past four years under Donald Trump with a victory speech that promised swift action against the coronavirus pandemic and an orderly transfer of power after a bitter election. “Let’s give each other a chance,” Biden told a cheering, honking crowd at a drive-in rally on in ...

Bloomberg Myanmar started counting millions of votes cast on Sunday in the country’s second election since military rule ended in 2011, with de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) expected to win another term. Television broadcasts showed early ballots being counted in the presence of candidates, election officers and observers. Official results ...

Bloomberg Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he’s “confident” the UK will be able to resolve Brexit issues relating to Northern Ireland and played down fears Britain’s split from the European Union will sour relations with US President-elect Joe Biden. Raab said Boris Johnson’s government has reassured Biden’s team the UK has “no intention of imperiling” Ireland’s peace process and the ...

Bloomberg Joseph Robinette Biden Jr has defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th US president, unseating the incumbent with a pledge to unify and mend a nation reeling from a worsening pandemic, faltering economy and deep political divisions. Biden’s victory came after the Associated Press, CNN and NBC showed him winning Pennsylvania and gaining more than the 270 Electoral College ...