Politics

Bloomberg President Donald Trump was expected to meet Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday in his first encounter with a foreign leader since the coronavirus pandemic prompted global lockdowns in March, in a visit both leaders hope provides a political boost for looming elections. The Polish president is travelling to Washington just days before he seeks re-election in the hope ...

Bloomberg China’s defense ministry urged India to work with Beijing to ease tensions along their disputed border, while recounting its version of the events that lead to the deadly clashes between troops high in the Himalayas last week. Indian soldiers crossed the border on May 6 to construct barriers that blocked Chinese troops, which led to an escalation of tensions, ...

Bloomberg India is pushing Russia to speed up the delivery of a missile defense system as ties with China deteriorate following the worst military clash between the Asian nations in four decades. The request comes as China and India’s foreign ministers met on Tuesday in their first face-to-face interaction since a fight along their disputed Himalayan border killed 20 Indian ...

Bloomberg Six Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his plan to cut the number of US troops in Germany, arguing that the move would harm national security and weaken the deterrent to Russia and China. In a letter to the president, the lawmakers said Russian troops invaded Ukraine and annexed the Crimean ...

Bloomberg Singapore will hold an election on July 10 as PM Lee Hsien Loong seeks a renewed mandate to govern amid the coronavirus pandemic that has pummeled the country’s economy. Lee said on Tuesday that he advised President Halimah Yacob to dissolve parliament and issue the writ of election, setting the stage for the upcoming polls. Candidate nominations will take ...

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 ...