Politics

Bloomberg Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in the Thai capital of Bangkok on Sunday, demanding an end to the military-led administration and for the monarchy’s powers to be reined in. Demonstrators in masks and carrying placards assembled at the Democracy Monument, which commemorates the 1932 revolution that ended absolute monarchy. They held up three fingers to reflect their calls for ...

Bloomberg South Korean President Moon Jae-in said his administration remains ready to mend ties with Japan after more than a year of tensions, and as both sides hold ceremonies to remember Japan’s World War II surrender in 1945 that ended its brutal colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula. Moon reiterated a call for Japan to respect its Supreme Court’s decision ...

Bloomberg Puerto Rico was having a do-over of its gubernatorial primary election on Sunday after it mismanaged the first vote so badly that tens of thousands were unable to cast a ballot. The outcome will set the stage for the November 3 governor’s race and provide the first glimpse of who might lead the US commonwealth out of a record-setting ...

Bloomberg Australia is close to reaching a deal to produce a Covid-19 vaccine, Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Sunday. “We are in advanced negotiations with a range of different companies with regards to a vaccine,” Hunt said on Sky News. He said he was “genuinely optimistic” a coronavirus vaccine would be internationally available by next year. The federal government ...

Bloomberg European Union foreign ministers will hold a special meeting to discuss the unstable situation in Belarus, with some floating renewed sanctions from the bloc. The EU “lifted sanctions against Belarus because the country had taken steps in the right direction,” German Foreign Minster Heiko Maas said in Moscow. “But now we in the European Union need to discuss very ...

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump’s campaign is inadvertently funding Chinese state media outlets and entities tied to the Kremlin through automated advertisements on YouTube, according to a study of thousands of videos on the Google service. Omelas Inc, a Washington-based security software firm, reviewed the YouTube clips in early August and found 22 Trump campaign ads running on YouTube channels ...

Bloomberg The mayor of Prague will travel to Taiwan to meet President Tsai Ing-wen, deepening a rift between Beijing and politicians in a country once seen as one of the most China-friendly in Europe. Zdenek Hrib, who ignited outrage in China last year when he cancelled a sister-city agreement between Shanghai and the Czech capital, will accompany Senate leader Milos ...

Bloomberg Australian authorities detained at least two cargo ships for alleged labour violations related to demands from seafarers to be sent home, some of whom have spent more than a year at sea. The ships, which are or will be carrying materials for Cargill Inc and for an aluminum industry joint venture that includes Rio Tinto Group, will be detained ...

Bloomberg A train derailment in Scotland killed three people, including the driver, and left another six injured, according to the British Transport Police. The train was travelling between Aberdeen and Glasgow when it left the tracks near Stonehaven, on Scotland’s east coast. While the cause of the accident is still to be officially determined, Scotland experienced heavy rain, leading to ...

Bloomberg Even as China continues to return fire at the Trump administration, leaders in Beijing are also signalling they want to ease tensions with the US as the clock ticks down to the presidential election. Trump’s moves to ban popular Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat ahead of sending the highest-ranking American official to Taiwan in 40 years — which included ...