Politics

Bloomberg Russia’s ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, rejected allegations that hackers linked to the country’s intelligence services targeted British coronavirus vaccine research, and accused Britain of cyber-attacks against Russia. Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre said that vaccine and therapeutic sectors in multiple countries have been targeted by a group known as APT29, which it said is “almost certainly” part ...

Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong-un led a meeting of military officials which discussed “the key issues of further bolstering a war deterrent of the country,” state news agency KCNA reported. The meeting also reviewed “the strategic mission of the major units for coping with the military situation” in the region, KCNA said. The meeting included top officials of the ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress are facing their last chance to keep the economic rout sparked by the resurgent coronavirus from deepening before the November election. Amid a steady stream of bad economic news, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this week is set to unveil a roughly $1 trillion GOP plan, fashioned with the administration, ...

Bloomberg More Japanese people are discontent with the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic now compared with a month ago as infections in the country increase, a poll showed. About 60% of respondents said they weren’t happy with actions taken by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration to tackle the outbreak, according to the poll conducted by the Mainichi newspaper and ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Viktor Orban said other European Union leaders had rejected his proposal to speed up an ongoing rule of law procedure against Hungary, complicating talks to secure a deal on the bloc’s emergency pandemic funding. Hungary is against a Dutch motion that would require countries taking grants to agree to be bound by the rule of law, Orban ...

Bloomberg Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab signalled the UK will join its international allies in suspending an extradition treaty with Hong Kong after China imposed a national security law on the former British colony. Raab told Sky News he would update Parliament on Monday on the UK’s extradition arrangements with Hong Kong, less than a week after the nation banned the ...

Bloomberg Oregon sued the US over the detention of residents during anti-racism protests in Portland, shortly after a judge ruled that journalists alleging local police had assaulted them could add federal agents to their own lawsuit. In her suit against the Department of Homeland Security, the US Marshals Service and other federal agencies, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum alleges they ...

Bloomberg Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden predicted that big wins for his party in November could lead to an “epiphany” that convinces Republicans to join Democrats in pulling the country out of crisis. “If we win as big as we possibly can, there’s going to be a great, great epiphany that’s going to take place, as we Catholics say,” Biden ...

Bloomberg A top Russian official said his country could roll out a vaccine against Covid-19 as soon as September, while denying accusations that hackers working for the country’s intelligence agency tried to steal sensitive data from rival researchers in the UK, US and Canada. “Russia may be one of the first to produce a vaccine against the backdrop of the ...

Bloomberg In an election that took place largely on social media, the most tweeted-about hashtags during Singapore’s recent polls reflected the breakthrough made by the main opposition party as it won a record number of seats in Parliament. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Reddit are just some of the platforms where both campaigning, and heated debate, took place as social distancing ...