Politics

Bloomberg The Justice Department, in a court filing, said it has two dozen emails related to President Donald Trump’s involvement in withholding millions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine, CNN reported. The filing, made in response to a lawsuit by the Center for Public Integrity, was the first official acknowledgment from the Trump administration of the existence of such ...

Bloomberg Claims by Malawi’s opposition that last year’s election that returned President Peter Mutharika to power was rigged should be decided upon on Monday when the nation’s top court is due to rule on whether to annul the vote. The electoral commission declared Mutharika, the leader of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, the winner of the May 21 ballot with ...

Bloomberg Juan Guaido, Venezuela’s opposition leader, rallied supporters in Miami and met with US Senator Marco Rubio, who’s played a key role in shaping US policy on the South American country. It’s likely to be one of his last stops in a two-week global tour aimed at building support to oust his rival, President Nicolas Maduro. “We have a strategy, ...

Bloomberg As Irish PM Leo Varadkar welcomed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, there was plenty of noise. Here was the EU’s top official coming to Dublin on the first full day of an election campaign. But as von der Leyen commended him for his statesmanship during Britain’s divorce from the EU, outside the building that houses Ireland’s key ...

Bloomberg Thousands of Hong Kong medical professionals voted to begin a five-day strike on Monday after the government refused their demand to shut all entry points from China amid a deadly virus outbreak on the mainland. The Hospital Authority Employees Alliance said there were about 99% of “Yes” votes cast by its members. More than 9,000 members have pledged to ...

Bloomberg The Senate sent the months-long impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump to its final stages with a vote to acquit the president set for Wednesday, after Republicans defeated Democrats’ efforts to call new witnesses. Senators will hear closing arguments on Monday from lawyers for both sides, then will have two days for debate before voting at 4 pm on ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration said it will add six new countries to its travel ban, part of an election-year crackdown that could reignite debate over whether the policy discriminates against Muslims. Restrictions on entering the US will now apply to certain travellers and migrants from Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, as well as Sudan, Tanzania, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar, according ...

Bloomberg The centerpiece of Japan’s response to US calls for a Middle East security coalition — a single warship — sets sail on Sunday, on a mission that highlights just how few American allies have signed up. The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Takanami, as well as two patrol planes, are taking part in what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has ...

Bloomberg At least 64 US military personnel in Iraq suffered brain trauma in a Iranian missile attack launched in retaliation after President Donald Trump’s ordered the killing of an Iranian general. The 64 service members — 14 more than previously reported — have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injuries, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Campbell, a Defense Department spokesman, said. Of ...

Bloomberg Prime minister Boris Johnson said Brexit offers the UK an opportunity for “renewal and change” as he called on the divided nation to pull together in an address ahead of its split with the European Union. “If we can get this right, I believe that with every month that goes by, we will grow in confidence not just at ...