Politics

Bloomberg Some of Malaysia’s opposition parties will back Shafie Apdal as the candidate to become the nation’s next prime minister, former premier Mahathir Mohamad said. The opposition parties are Warisan, DAP and Amanah, Mahathir said in a statement on Saturday. Shafie was picked as he was among political leaders who opposed wrongdoings perpetrated by the Barisan Nasional government that was ...

Bloomberg Indian and Chinese troops remain in a standoff at their contested Himalayan border, days after both sides promised peace following their worst military clash in 45 years. About 50 square kilometres of land earlier controlled by India in the Pangong Tso area — a glacial lake at about 14,000 feet in the Tibetan plateau — is now being held ...

Bloomberg Hungary is breaking European Union law by thwarting asylum seekers, an adviser to the EU’s top court said, just weeks after its judges issued a separate ruling cutting at the heart of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s anti-immigrant policy. Hungary “failed to fulfill its obligations” under EU law by not ensuring “effective access to the asylum procedure” and by unlawfully ...

Bloomberg Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in every one of six key battleground states, all but erasing the advantage with White voters that Trump used to put together a razor-thin victory four years ago. The New York Times/Siena College poll of swing states, together with national polls showing Biden with a double-digit lead, helps to draw an Electoral College map ...

Bloomberg A member of Boris Johnson’s government and a “cash for favors” dispute he’s embroiled in has become the latest political headache for the premier after a difficult few months battling the coronavirus pandemic. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, under fire since it emerged that he approved a planning development from businessman Richard Desmond who later donated money to the Conservative ...

Bloomberg Thailand is set to extend its state of emergency for a third time to help manage the reopening of schools as well as high-risk businesses, such as nightclubs, following a decline in novel coronavirus infections. The National Security Council will recommend an extension to the end of July, its Secretary-General Somsak Rungsita told reporters on Thursday in Bangkok. The ...

Bloomberg Plans to revive negotiations between two longtime Balkan foes hurtled off the rails before the next round of talks could even start. Faint hopes for a breakthrough between Serbia and Kosovo — and the chances of a diplomatic win for the US — evaporated when the Kosovo’s leader was accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity as he ...

Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin put Russia’s military strength on display on Wednesday in a parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the World War II defeat of Nazi Germany, braving the coronavirus pandemic ahead of a referendum that may allow him to rule until 2036. The spread of the virus forced Putin to delay his annual May 9 Victory Day ...

Bloomberg The European Union may decide to keep the door shut to Americans when officials convene on Wednesday to discuss whom to let in as the bloc eases controls on its external borders. Diplomats from the 27-nation EU in Brussels are scheduled to discuss the criteria for lifting a curb on non-essential travel to the bloc as of July 1. ...

Bloomberg Kim Jong-un ordered the suspension of military actions against South Korea, a move that could ease tensions after North Korea blew up a liaison office built by Seoul and warned of further provocations. Kim “took stock of the prevailing situation and suspended the military action plans against the south” during a military commission meeting for his ruling Worker’s Party ...