Politics

Bloomberg Protesters clashed with security forces, looted stores and burnt barricades in many Chilean cities on the one-year anniversary of an outbreak of social unrest that virtually paralysed South America’s most prosperous country. Thousands gathered in downtown Santiago’s Plaza Italia, which some people have turned to calling Plaza de la Dignidad (Dignity Plaza), flouting social distancing rules. As darkness fell, ...

Bloomberg Pakistan is bracing for more protests after an alliance of opposition parties kicked off a series of rallies calling for the resignation of PM Imran Khan. Khan’s administration is facing its biggest political challenge yet as it tries to manage a backlash over soaring food prices. Pakistan is importing sugar, tomatoes and the most wheat in a decade to ...

Bloomberg The US Supreme Court agreed to hear the Trump administration’s defense of a policy that requires people seeking asylum at the southern border to remain in Mexico until their cases are decided. The justices will review a federal appeals court decision that said the Migrant Protection Protocols policy runs afoul of US immigration law. The ruling aimed to let ...

Bloomberg Chinese diplomats injured a Taiwanese counterpart during a scuffle in the South Pacific, a senior Taiwanese official said, highlighting tensions over Beijing’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy. Two uninvited diplomats from the Chinese embassy in Fiji were asked to leave an event celebrating Taiwan’s national day in Suva after they were seen photographing other guests, Taiwan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Harry Tseng ...

Bloomberg Nancy Pelosi remains hopeful a deal on a new stimulus bill can be reached before the November 3 election, but said that Monday is a deadline for more progress in talks with the White House to make that happen. “Are we going with it, or not? And what is the language?” the House Speaker said on ABC’s “This Week ...

Bloomberg A ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia was in tatters hours after coming into effect, with both sides trading accusations of violations on Sunday. It’s the second truce brokered by Russia this month that has failed to stop the violence. Hundreds of people have been killed since the worst fighting in decades erupted between the countries over the breakaway region ...

Bloomberg Thousands of protesters — calling for the resignation of PM Prayuth Chan-Ocha’s government and reform of the monarchy — filled a busy traffic intersection in Thailand’s capital on Sunday, ignoring a ban on gatherings and threat of crackdowns by the police. Demonstrators braved rain to gather around Victory Monument, one of the main centers for Bangkok’s public transit, with ...

Bloomberg Guinean voters headed to the polls to pick a president after widespread protests over the incumbent’s bid to extend his 10-year rule. President Alpha Conde, 82, and former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, 68, are the frontrunners in the 12-man race to lead the world’s top bauxite producer. Conde, who’s beaten Diallo twice before, is seeking a third term ...

Bloomberg Jacinda Ardern’s emphatic election victory is seen as an endorsement of an inclusive brand of leadership that may ripple beyond New Zealand’s borders. In an age of populism and confrontation, Ardern’s message of empathy and kindness married with skillful crisis management won her Labour Party its biggest share of the vote in more than 70 years. That contrasts starkly ...

Bloomberg Bolivians were expected to vote in presidential and congressional elections with the socialist movement seeking a return to power a year after their leader Evo Morales was ousted and fled the country. Morales’s ally Luis Arce, a UK-educated economist, is ahead in polls, but needs to avoid a run-off in which voters opposed to his socialist party can unite ...