Politics

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 ...

Bloomberg Thousands of people marched through the streets of the Russian far east city of Khabarovsk, local media reported, in a second week of protests over the arrest of the region’s popular governor, amid a deepening crackdown on opponents of President Vladimir Putin. Demonstrators carried slogans demanding the release of Khabarovsk Governor Sergey Furgal, according to footage posted on social ...

Bloomberg Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the UK believes Russians tried to meddle in last year’s general election by disseminating documents relating to trade talks with the US. The opposition Labour Party released the documents to the press on November 27 last year, during the election campaign, saying they showed Prime Minister Boris Johnson was prepared to put the country’s ...

Bloomberg South Korean prosecutors have launched an investigation in Kim Jong-un’s sister, in a rare but symbolic gesture that risks renewing tensions with North Korea. Kim Yo Jong and North Korean military chief Pak Jong Chon are being investigated over their involvement in the destruction of a liaison office that South Korea built north of the border, the Seoul Central ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump has insisted for weeks that he is in good shape to win a second term in November. But the president acknowledged the trouble he is facing by reshaping his campaign leadership, ousting manager Brad Parscale. Trump announced in a Facebook post that Bill Stepien, the former deputy campaign manager, will now lead his re-election operation. Parscale, who ...

Bloomberg The Philippine capital remained under loose movement restrictions from Thursday, but may return on a stricter lockdown in two weeks if coronavirus cases continue to rise. Metro Manila will stay under general community quarantine until end-July, allowing most businesses to remain open, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said at a televised briefing. The health department on Thursday said the nation ...

Bloomberg With Congress about to debate whether to send another round of relief payments to individuals, a study has found that the last batch of stimulus checks arrived at wealthier, White households more quickly than to those of Blacks and Hispanics. Nearly seven in 10 adults said that they received their coronavirus economic stimulus payments, approved by Congress in March, ...

Bloomberg A Russian court ordered the continued pre-trial detention of a prominent former journalist accused of treason, while striking out one element of the charges against him. The Moscow City Court rejected Ivan Safronov’s bid to be released from custody, leaving him in jail for at least two months. Safronov, who regularly broke news on sensitive arms deals while working ...