Politics

Bloomberg Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suffered a setback in local elections as his party failed to win over urban voters and saw pro-Russian forces gain in popularity. The ballot came amid a spike in new cases of Covid-19 and after a tricky first year in power, with Zelenskiy struggling to deliver on promises to stamp out corruption and end a ...

Bloomberg With the US presidential election just over a week away, Americans are still encountering disinformation and misinformation online, especially on Facebook Inc, and many believe what they read, according to a survey released on Monday. The SurveyUSA poll of more than 3,000 registered voters found that 65% reported seeing political disinformation in their Facebook feeds. A quarter of them ...

Bloomberg The big margin of support among rural voters that helped Donald Trump secure victory four years ago is looking less firm in 2020 with the potential to shift the outcomes in key battleground states. Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, is nowhere near winning the rural areas of the country, where roads are lined with Trump-Pence lawn signs and barn ...

Bloomberg At least sixteen people were killed in an Ivory Coast town ahead of the October 31 presidential elections, according to a government statement, laying blame on a civil disobedience campaign called by the opposition. Sporadic incidents of violence have been reported across the country, but the Dabou district, about 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the economic capital Abidjan, has ...

Bloomberg Growing public disapproval of Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha’s performance is fueling the anti-government protests sweeping the Southeast Asian nation, according to an opinion poll. More than 62% of participants in a survey last week said discontent with Prayuth was the key reason for the recent demonstrations, the poll by Suan Dusit University showed on Sunday. About 50% of ...

Bloomberg A tropical depression gained power south of Cuba to become tropical storm Zeta on Sunday as it travelled north into the Gulf of Mexico, where it’s poised to become the record 11th storm to hit the US in a single year. The tropical storm had winds of 40 miles (65 kilometres) per hour as it moved northwest about 250 ...

Bloomberg Chileans started casting ballots on Sunday in a referendum on whether to draft a new constitution, a vote born out of months of protests that rattled the foundations of a global investor darling. Citizens will choose between writing a new charter or keeping the existing constitution that was drawn up during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. Voters must also decide ...

Bloomberg Malaysia’s king rejected Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s request to declare a state of emergency to tackle the coronavirus crisis, capping a tense weekend that saw opposition leaders criticise the proposal as an attempt by the premier to retain control amid a power struggle. The government has been handling the pandemic well, the palace said in a statement on Sunday ...

Bloomberg Thailand is set for a fresh wave of street protests by pro-democracy activists with PM Prayuth Chan-Ocha ignoring their deadline to quit by Saturday. Free Youth and the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration, two of the main protest groups, have vowed to stage mass gatherings until all of their demands, which include a rewriting of the constitution and ...

Bloomberg Warring parties in Libya signed a permanent ceasefire agreement ahead of a conference to appoint a unity government for the fractured North African country. Representatives of the internationally recognised government based in Tripoli and eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar agreed to the ceasefire after talks in Geneva, the United Nations said. The pact promises to end a war started ...