Politics

Bloomberg Chinese authorities responded negatively to the idea of launching a commission to examine police conduct during six months of social unrest, South China Morning Post reported on Saturday. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam sought feedback during her four-day trip to Beijing last week, the Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper said, citing an unidentified person close to the government. Protesters ...

Bloomberg The US military is maintaining its customary “high levels of readiness” on the Korean peninsula as a deterrent to any threats from Kim Jong Un’s regime, General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. The Korean peninsula is “one of those places in the world we always maintain very high levels of readiness,” Milley told reporters ...

Bloomberg Greece agreed to hand over a Russian citizen accused of cryptocurrency-related charges in several countries, a move that could bring him closer to facing trial in France or the US. The Russian, Alexander Vinnik, will be extradited to France, the Russian embassy in Athens said in social media postings that sharply accused Athens of ignoring Moscow’s request for Vinnik’s ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump says his impeachment trial should deliver on a goal he’s nurtured for months: unmasking the whistle-blower who started it all. But that would pose legal and ethical challenges that would be hard to overcome. Federal laws promise anonymity for workers who step forward with alleged wrongdoing. In this case, a government employee — reportedly a CIA ...

Bloomberg India’s controversial religion-based citizenship act will have to pass the scrutiny of the nation’s top court, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government pledged to push ahead and implement the law. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde issued a notice to the government seeking its response. The court agreed to examine the legality of ...

Bloomberg The UK Labour Party’s recriminations over its catastrophic election defeat continued Wednesday as former leader Tony Blair urged it to undertake a wholesale change of approach. At a private meeting of its surviving Members of Parliament, leader Jeremy Corbyn was heavily criticized for leading the party to its worst result since 1935. According to his office, he told them ...

Bloomberg South Sudan’s foes moved closer to implementing a peace deal this week, yet the long-elusive pact may do little to halt rural clashes over grazing land and water that have killed more than 100 people in the past month. Conflict is escalating in the central and northwestern parts of the country. The United Nations mission in the country was ...

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron signaled willingness to “improve” his pension reform plan on Wednesday in an effort to end a standoff with unions that showed no sign of abating. Strikes that have gummed up the public transportation system, leaving millions to work out alternative ways of getting around, enter their third week on Thursday, with a fresh poll showing ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump’s legacy was to be forever marked on Wednesday by his impeachment at the hands of House Democrats, who say it’s a necessary rebuke for the president’s pursuit of a political vendetta. On the eve of the vote, Trump defiantly rejected the move as a predetermined partisan assault. Trump is all but certain to become the third US ...

Bloomberg Escalating protests against India’s new citizenship law have raised concerns that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gone too far in appealing to his Hindu nationalist base, increasing the risk of communal bloodshed and threatening to undermine his plans to attract investment. Police stormed university campuses across India to quell week-long protests by students against a law that bars undocumented ...