Politics

Bloomberg Ugandan and Rwandan leaders pledged a mutual release of prisoners as a step in easing a diplomatic dispute that hit a low with the closing of their busiest border last year. President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, committed to refrain from actions that could be perceived as “supporting, financing and infiltration of destabilising forces in their ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump has spent the past four years lobbing unsolicited advice at British prime ministers on the best path forward for an exit from the European Union and holding out promises of a grand new trans-Atlantic trade alliance. Now that Brexit is official, though, Trump gets to really double down on a role he relishes: that of the geopolitical ...

Bloomberg Emmanuel Macron will need all of his charm to rekindle France’s relationship with Poland. In the first visit to Warsaw by a French head of state in six years, he’s seeking to mend relations strained by his criticism of Poland’s controversial overhaul of the judiciary and its rejection of a deal with Airbus in 2016. Meeting his counterpart Andrzej ...

Bloomberg Russia may deport foreign citizens who are infected with the deadly new strain of coronavirus as part of a national plan against the outbreak signed PM  Mikhail Mishustin. The government will also postpone the flagship Sochi Economic Forum due to be held from February 12-14 as a precaution, Mishustin said at a televised meeting with his deputies on Monday. ...

Bloomberg US politicians, including Senators Mitt Romney and Cory Gardner, criticised international organisations for excluding Taiwan amid a global effort to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus. China has placed pressure on the World Health Organization (WHO), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and International Criminal Police Organization to exclude Taiwan from discussions, Romney said, echoing calls for immediate inclusion ...

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 ...