Politics

Bloomberg The next showdown between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may need to wait until after the virus scare. The US said that it would postpone joint military exercises planned for the coming weeks, as its ally South Korea copes with one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks. The decision removes for now a looming ...

Bloomberg Escalating violence in India’s capital New Delhi has left at least 23 people dead after right-wing Hindu groups attacked mostly-Muslim protesters demonstrating against the country’s new religion-based citizenship law, the worst violence in the city in nearly three decades. Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send in the army to calm the “alarming” ...

Bloomberg Democrats running for president ripped into two of their own in the last debate before Super Tuesday, saying that nominating either front-runner Bernie Sanders or the best-funded candidate Michael Bloomberg would all but guarantee Donald Trump’s re-election. It’s a grim prescription for a party that still can’t believe it lost to Trump last time, but one that seemed all ...

Bloomberg In Malaysian politics, two figures have long played a crucial role: Mahathir Mohamad, who has ruled the country for almost a quarter century, and Anwar Ibrahim, who has perpetually waited to succeed him. Now the two are facing off head to head as both seek to corral enough lawmakers to form a majority in the 222-seat parliament. Mahathir said ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s government will launch a multi-million dollar campaign to promote the rule of law after public trust in the government plummeted following months of violent pro-democracy protests and criticism over its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. In his budget speech on Wednesday, financial secretary Paul Chan announced a$58 million plan to “strengthen our community’s understanding of the concept ...

Bloomberg Brazil has confirmed the first coronavirus case in Latin America and will announce it shortly at a press conference, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. A 61-year-old Brazilian who recently travelled to Northern Italy for work tested positive in a preliminary test, the Health Ministry said in a statement. A second round of tests have ...

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump met his Indian counterpart in New Delhi on Tuesday, amid growing tensions between rival protesters in the capital and with a host of critical issues from defense to regional security on the agenda. Now that the US-India trade agreement looks likely to be pushed until after the US election, news of a $3 billion military ...

Bloomberg Hosni Mubarak, who became Egypt’s longest-serving ruler in more than 150 years before being forced from office by a popular uprising, has died. He was 91. His death was announced on Tuesday by state TV. No cause was mentioned, although his family recently said he’d been hospitalised. Dubbed the “pharaoh” by his detractors, Mubarak had ruled for 30 years ...

Bloomberg After a wild day that saw the collapse of Malaysia’s ruling coalition, one thing is clear: Mahathir Mohamad holds the key to forming the next government. Mahathir, 94, abruptly resigned as prime minister on February 24 after a longstanding rift within his alliance over who would succeed him boiled over. By the end of the day, he was the ...

Bloomberg Assange was swept up in President Donald Trump’s campaign against embarrassing leaks, his lawyer told a London court, as the WikiLeaks founder kicked off his fight against his extradition to the US. The decision to pursue Assange, which only occurred after Trump was elected, was driven by the president’s desire to stifle damaging White House leaks, said Edward Fitzgerald, ...