Politics

Bloomberg A new 10-minute Covid-19 test that doesn’t need added equipment to process has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration, manufacturer Access Bio, Inc said on Tuesday. The assay, known as CareStart, is among a group of new antigen tests that detect the novel coronavirus by looking for proteins on its surface. Because antigen screening can provide ...

Bloomberg President Xi Jinping is set to visit Shenzhen this week to shore up plans to make southern China a global technology hub, prompting Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to delay an annual economic policy address. Xi is scheduled to deliver an address on Wednesday and meet the leaders of Hong Kong and Macau, the official Xinhua News Agency said ...

Bloomberg Protesters blocked a key route into Nigeria’s commercial hub on Monday, a day after President Muhammadu Buhari bowed to their demands to disband a controversial police unit. Hundreds of demonstrators forced motorists trying to drive to Victoria Island in Lagos, the main business district, to turn back at the Lekki Toll Gate in the south of the city. Dozens ...

Bloomberg India opened dozens of new bridges — many of them providing all-weather access along its disputed border with China — in a move that could provoke a fresh round of tensions. Eight of the bridges are in the Ladakh province, where India and China have each amassed over 50,000 soldiers, tanks, missiles and have put on fighters on stand-by, ...

Bloomberg China moved to prosecute an Australian writer detained in the mainland for almost two years on spying charges, the latest strain on an increasingly tense relationship between Beijing and Canberra. Beijing prosecutors indicted Yang Hengjun on allegations of espionage, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a regular news briefing on Monday. Yang, a Chinese-born Australian national who’s also ...

Bloomberg The more China tells the world that Taiwan isn’t a country, the more Beijing’s adversaries are starting to treat it like one. On Taiwan’s National Day, Beijing’s embassy in New Delhi was reported to have issued a letter telling India’s media not to refer to it as a country or to Tsai Ing-wen as its president. Indians responded by ...

Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to visit Shenzhen this week to oversee celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the special economic zone, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported. Xi is expected to meet Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Macau counterpart Ho Iat-seng during the event, the Post said, citing an unnamed person who ...

Bloomberg The European Union has agreed to help “strengthen the capacity” of Mozambique’s government in its fight against an escalating insurgency that’s killed more than 2,000 in a region home to Africa’s biggest foreign investments. The EU gave “a positive response” to the southeast African nation’s request for assistance, Ambassador Antonio Sanchez-Benedito Gaspar said in a statement. Mozambique had asked ...

Bloomberg Kim Jong-un rolled out a new ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear warheads to the US, in a massive military parade that appeared calibrated to show strength at home and abroad without provoking President Donald Trump. The new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which weapons experts said appeared to be the largest road-mobile rocket of its type, provided the grand ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump is no longer considered a coronavirus transmission risk to others and has met the criteria to end self-isolation, according to White House physician Sean Conley. Trump has been fever-free for well over 24 hours and all symptoms have improved, Conley said in a memorandum published by the White House. He didn’t say if the president tested ...