Politics

Bloomberg UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned that national restrictions could be reimposed unless the recent spike in coronavirus infections is brought under control. Speaking on Sky TV’s “Sophy Ridge on Sunday,” Hancock said the UK is facing a “tipping point” in the battle to limit the spread of the disease. A further 4,422 new Covid-19 cases were reported on ...

Bloomberg Italian voters go to the polls until Monday, starting from Sunday, in regional elections that could weaken the year-old coalition of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte as it struggles to pull the country out of the worst recession in living memory. Seven of the nation’s 20 regions will choose new legislatures, in addition to mayoral elections across the country and ...

Bloomberg Senate Republicans face a critical choice on replacing the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — vote on her successor before Election Day, or wait until immediately afterward — when Trump will still be president no matter the November 3 outcome until next January. The choice comes down to a calculation of the politics. Senate Majority Leader Mitch ...

Bloomberg Myanmar will hold the November 8 general election as planned by ensuring social distancing measures at polling stations across the country even as Covid-19 cases surge, an election commission official said. “We don’t have any plan to postpone the general election for Covid-19 reason,” Myint Naing, a member of the Union Election Commission, told reporters in an online briefing ...

Bloomberg Slow-moving Tropical Storm Beta is likely to reach hurricane strength as it meanders across the western Gulf of Mexico and Texas coast, bringing heavy rain as far as Louisiana, as well as raking off-shore energy fields with high winds next week. Winds from Beta could hit 80 miles (129 km) per hour by Monday, making it a Category 1 ...

Bloomberg Tens of thousands of people gathered near Bangkok’s Thammasat University campus for the biggest anti-government protest since the 2014 military coup. Demonstrators assembled in the light rain, wearing masks and holding umbrellas, and moved from within the university grounds to a field nearby as crowds swelled. As many as 100,000 people were expected to join the rally, according to ...

Bloomberg Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny said he’s on a clear road to recovery, “although not a short one,” and thanked his doctors in Germany in an Instagram post. A month after falling sick on a plane bound for Moscow from a campaign trip in Siberia, poisoned with what Germany identified as the weapons-grade nerve agent Novichok, Navalny said he ...

Bloomberg Covid-19 continues to kill close to 1,000 Americans a day. But for those who develop dangerous cases of the infection, advances in medical care and the growing experience of doctors are improving the chances of survival. Since the first case arrived in the US at the start of the year, medical professionals have gone from fumbling in the dark ...

Bloomberg At a funeral last week in the mountains of northern India, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s top aides paid respect to a Tibetan soldier killed on the front lines of deadly clashes with China. Surrounded by troops waving the flags of both India and Tibet, Ram Madhav laid a wreath before the coffin during a ceremony that gave ...

Bloomberg Vietnam is planning for the possible evacuation of as many as 500,000 residents in the country’s central coast region ahead of the expected on Thursday landfall of Storm Noul, the government said in a post on its Facebook page, citing an order from Deputy Premier Trinh Dinh Dung. The storm is forecast to hit a large area, from Quang ...