Politics

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he told federal officials to arrest anyone who vandalises or destroys monuments or statues on US property after law enforcement near the White House used a pepper spray-like substance to move protesters away from a statue they tried to tear down. Photos from reporters on scene showed ropes slung around part of a statue of ...

Bloomberg Former South African President Jacob Zuma, who is facing corruption, racketeering and money-laundering charges dating back to the 1990s, appeared in court after failing in repeated attempts to avoid standing trial. Zuma has argued that the case is politically motivated, but the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled in 2017 that a 2009 decision not to pursue the charges was ...

Bloomberg Paul Whelan, a former US marine who was convicted of spying in Moscow last week in a case criticised by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, won’t appeal his 16-year sentence, the Interfax news service reported Tuesday. Whelan declined to appeal because he has no faith in Russian courts and hopes that a deal is in the works to exchange ...

Bloomberg Vladimir Putin said he’ll consider running for a fifth presidential term in 2024, arguing that the hunt for any successor risks paralysing Russia’s government as the next election nears. “I don’t rule out such a possibility,” if the necessary amendment to the constitution is approved, Putin said in a Rossiya 1 television documentary broadcast. “I haven’t made up my ...

Bloomberg South Korea’s presidential office said John Bolton painted a distorted picture of diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, joining the Trump administration in criticising a memoir from the US former national security adviser. “It does not depict accurate facts,” Chung Eui-yong, the director of national security, said in a statement on Monday from the office of President Moon ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump had looked to his first rally in three months as a reset for his campaign. Instead, the sparsely attended event in Tulsa, Oklahoma is stirring fresh questions about both his strategy and the direction of his re-election bid. The most evident shortfall from the rally was attendance, far smaller than the overflow crowd that the president ...

Bloomberg Kenya’s ruling party replaced a key parliamentary official on Monday, the latest in a series of leadership changes that have strengthened President Uhuru Kenyatta‘s hold on power and weakened his deputy, William Ruto. Amos Kimunya, a former finance minister, will replace Aden Duale as the Jubilee Party’s majority leader in the National Assembly, Secretary-General Raphael Tuju said in a ...

Bloomberg Nigerian doctors suspended a nationwide strike to continue talks with the government over a lack of protective equipment needed to treat Covid-19 patients and other benefits. The medical officers decided to return to work after an intervention from government officials, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors said in emailed statement on Monday. The group will “continue negotiations with stakeholders ...

Bloomberg A year ago, Hong Kong protesters effectively killed an extradition bill that would subject them to criminal prosecution under China’s legal system for the first time — a victory that inspired them to demand real elections. Now Beijing has unwound all those gains, and gone much further in eroding Hong Kong’s autonomy. Details of a proposed national security law ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he will announce new restrictions on employment-based immigration visas in the next two days, as the nation recovers from pandemic-related unemployment. “We are going to announce something tomorrow or the next day on the visas,” Trump said in a Fox News interview, when asked about upcoming rules on several different visa categories, including the H1-B ...