Politics

Bloomberg North Korea lashed out at South Korea for lacking a fresh solution to revive nuclear talks, and said the country will continue to strengthen its force to deal with what it called US threats. “If they want to deal with us, they will have to approach us after racking their brains and finding a different method,” foreign ministry official ...

Bloomberg Sweden’s governing Social Democrats remain in a strong position, despite mounting criticism over their handling of the coronavirus crisis, according to a poll on Saturday. The party had the support of 30% of voters, compared with a reading of 31.7% in May, according to the poll by Sifo in newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. That difference is within the poll’s margin ...

Bloomberg Venezuela’s Supreme Court appointed five new members to the country’s Electoral Council, most of them loyal to Nicolas Maduro’s regime, in an accelerated approval process that bypassed the National Assembly. By unilaterally designating the new officials, Maduro is seeking to firm up control over the electoral system ahead of December’s congressional elections. The move is a setback for the ...

Bloomberg UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has condemned the boarding up of key public statues in London ahead of anti-racism protests on Saturday and urged demonstrators to stay at home. Patel used an interview with the Daily Mail to accuse the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, of mishandling the few subversive protesters and called for the statue of former Prime Minister ...

Bloomberg Singapore dengue infections may top 1,000 this week, setting a record, the Straits Times newspaper reported. Cases for the year may exceed the all-time high of 22,170 set in 2013, the paper said, citing Amy Khor, the senior minister of state for the environment and water resources, and for health. Khor said the threat of dengue must be taken ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump is setting off on a trip aimed at delivering a message to the American people: It’s time to get back to normal after the pandemic. Trump hits the road on Thursday for Dallas, where he’ll hold his first in-person fundraiser in months. He’s expected to spend the rest of the weekend at his New Jersey golf ...

Bloomberg The EU supports the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and rejects any annexation plans for Palestinian territories, German foreign minister Heiko Maas said. “We are very worried about the repercussions of the annexation decision,” Maas said during the joint press conference with Jordan’s foreign minister Ayman Safadi in Amman. “We in the EU agree and are committed to ...

Bloomberg China denied claims that it was targeting Australia by warning its citizens not to travel there due to the risk of discrimination and racist attacks, after Australia’s leader accused China of attempting to coerce his country. “Our embassy and consulate in Australia also received a lot of complaints and appeals for assistance,” Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Hua ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is battling to contain a public split with his own top scientific advisers, after they warned the government must learn from the catalog of failures it made during the coronavirus crisis. Standing next to Johnson on live television, Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty highlighted a “long list” of potentially flawed decisions on the pandemic ...

Bloomberg A top official at a global human rights organisation criticised South Korea for trying to shut down two activist groups who sent anti-Kim Jong-un leaflets by balloon across the border into North Korea. Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said a decision by South Korea to revoke the licenses and seek prosecution for the groups is ...