Politics

Bloomberg Philippine lawmakers have approved a bill allowing warrantless detention and wiretapping of suspected terrorists, which the country’s human rights commission says could curb expressions of dissent and other freedoms. The House of Representatives gave its final approval on the anti-terrorism bill, adopting the Senate’s version of the measure that’s been certified by President Rodrigo Duterte as urgent. Bills on ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump faced a dwindling set of options to address nationwide unrest, after a backlash erupted over the government’s violent dispersal of peaceful protests outside the White House, plunging the president into more election-year turmoil. For Trump and his conservative backers, his photo op in front of historic St John’s Episcopal Church with Bible in hand was a show ...

Bloomberg Prime minister Boris Johnson said he will give as many as three million Hong Kong residents the chance to seek refuge and a new life in the UK. if China presses ahead with plans to impose a new security law on the former British colony. The premier’s intervention marks an escalation in London’s pressure on Beijing over its proposals ...

Bloomberg Joe Biden’s political resurrection in the race for the Democratic nomination was due largely to overwhelming support from black voters. Yet racial tensions laid bare by nationwide protests have revealed a problem for Biden in the November election — he doesn’t excite younger black voters who want change, not just a sympathetic ear. Biden’s African-American supporters have been urging ...

Bloomberg India’s financial capital escaped the worst as businesses remained unaffected after a severe cyclonic storm weakened following its landfall near Mumbai, a city that’s emerged as the country’s hotspot for the virus outbreak. Cyclone Nisarga crossed the coast near Alibag in neighoring Raigad district with wind speeds as high as 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour, according to the ...

Bloomberg Poland will hold its presidential election on June 28 after postponing a contested May ballot due to the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement by parliamentary Speaker Elzbieta Witek comes as support for the candidate of the ruling Law & Justice party, incumbent Andrzej Duda, has been declining as the country struggles with the fallout of the virus outbreak and subsequent ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the US military to end “riots and lawlessness” across the country in a Rose Garden address punctuated by the sound of explosions as federal officers dispersed peaceful demonstrators just outside the White House gates. Trump called on governors and mayors to “dominate the streets” and announced that he was sending thousands of heavily ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s leader blasted the US for “double standards” in the way it handles protests after the Trump administration vocally supported sometimes-violent demonstrations in the Asian financial hub. “Look at how the local governments handle chaos in the US and what stance they took on a similar level of chaos in Hong Kong last year,” Chief Executive Carrie Lam ...

Bloomberg The judge overseeing Michael Flynn’s prosecution called the Justice Department’s (DOJ) attempt to drop its case against President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor “unprecedented” and asked a federal appeals court not to short-circuit his inquiry into the government’s actions. US District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington said in a court-mandated brief that the unusual developments give him a ...

Bloomberg Tokyo saw a spike in coronavirus cases with 34 new infections confirmed on Tuesday, the most in a single day in more than three weeks, with the local government reportedly planning to issue an alert to residents to exercise extra caution. The step could lead to businesses in the capital again being asked to close their doors if a ...