Politics

Bloomberg Boris Johnson said Britain may not be free of the coronavirus “for some time to come,” an admission that highlights the difficult task he has of persuading people to return to work and schools as the nation’s death toll from Covid-19 remains the highest in Europe. In an opinion piece for the Mail on Sunday, Johnson acknowledged people’s frustration ...

Bloomberg Barack Obama told this year’s graduates at historically black colleges and universities that the coronavirus pandemic has “torn back the curtain” on the idea that those in charge of the country know what they’re doing. “A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge,” the former US president said during the first of two virtual commencement speeches. ...

Bloomberg A new study on the behaviour of Hong Kong’s police force during pro-democracy protests will be published by June, according to one of the foreign experts hired by the city’s police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC). Clifford Stott, member of the Independent Expert Panel brought in to advise the watchdog, tweeted on Sunday that he would be ...

Bloomberg Two months after most African nations closed their borders and imposed lockdowns to contain the spread of the coronavirus, they’re deciding it’s not worth the economic cost. Countries began shutting their economies soon after the first case was detected in Nigeria in February and before the disease started to take hold on the continent. That helped keep Africa’s reported ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump moved to replace State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, an Obama administration appointee who featured briefly in the Ukraine impeachment saga, according to a letter he sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Trump wrote that “it is vital that I have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general.” “That is no longer the ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong police arrested eight people protesting in a mall in the New Territories, one of four anti-government demonstrations in shopping centers across the city on Saturday. The protesters were held for unlawful assembly, assaulting officers or obstructing them in the Tseung Kwan O mall, police said in a post on their Facebook page. The demonstrations at the different ...

Bloomberg India’s burgeoning coronavirus cases have overtaken China’s tally, making it the latest nation with the dubious distinction of having more infections than the country where the pandemic began. India saw 3,787 new infections on May 15, bringing its total to 85,784, surpassing China’s 84,038 cases. The world’s second-most populous nation now has the 11th-biggest outbreak, according to data compiled ...

Bloomberg Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte flew from the capital Manila, which remains on lockdown, to his hometown in Davao City on Saturday in a trip his spokesman said was partly for official reasons. The 75-year-old leader went home “for a visit after more than two months of not being able to see his family,” said Jesus Durante, head of Duterte’s ...

Bloomberg The controversy over President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to resume normal life in Brazil amid the mounting coronavirus death toll has spread to soccer, the country’s most revered sport. Bolsonaro’s drive to resume games as soon as possible has run into opposition from top clubs and players, who prefer to wait until the pandemic has subsided. The clash is yet ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump unveiled the official flag for his Space Force at the White House, touting American military might including the development of what he called “the super-duper missile.” Trump said the US is “building right now incredible military equipment,” including a missile that would travel faster than any other in the world “by a factor of almost three.” ...