Politics

Bloomberg Prime minister Boris Johnson and his main rival, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, traded blows over Brexit as the UK prepares to vote next month on which of the two men should lead it out of the European Union. Johnson wrote an open letter to Corbyn asking him to clarify his strategy for the divorce while the Labour leader accused ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s campaign said it’s creating a new coalition to try to bolster his support among the African-Americans. The group is named “Black Voices for Trump” and aims to recruit and engage African-American voters. Vice President Mike Pence will address the group at an event on Friday in Atlanta, according to a senior campaign official. The official said ...

Bloomberg The Kazakh government is seeking to ban sales of land along the country’s borders, returning to an issue that triggered mass protests three years ago. The proposed legislation would bar both foreigners and locals from buying any land in all districts bordering China and in a 25 kilometre-wide strip adjacent to Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, according to Gulzhakhan ...

Bloomberg South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe agreed in their first meeting in 14 months to ease tensions, according to the South Korean presidential office. Moon and Abe shared the view that the relationship between South Korea and Japan is important and re-affirmed in principle that issues between the two nations should be resolved via ...

Bloomberg The death toll from last month’s protests in Ethiopia has risen to 86 people, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on national television. “There would be no need for these differences if we solved our quarrels through reconciliation,” he said. “Our unity, co-existence will benefit our growth, prosperity and greatness.” Violence, mostly amid rival groups, broke out in parts of ...

Bloomberg A Burkina parliament member, who was also one of the last authorities in a region ravaged by militants, was killed in a suicide bomb attack in the northern Djibo region, security and government officials said. The lawmaker, Oumarou Dicko, who had gone to officiate the launch of a Red Cross programme to tackle youth employment, was travelling back to ...

Bloomberg Tsai Ing-wen’s chances of being re-elected as Taiwan’s president received a boost as one of Taiwan’s most senior China-friendly politicians appears set to enter the election, potentially sapping votes from the main opposition candidate. People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong has decided to make a fourth run for Taiwan’s top office, the Taipei-based Liberty Times reported on Monday, ...

Bloomberg At least 200 people were arrested and more than 70 injured in Hong Kong as protesters seeking greater democracy and police accountability blocked roads and vandalised public facilities. Police and protesters clashed at malls full of afternoon shoppers, where riot police used pepper spray and detained several people. Shopfronts were vandalised and subway turnstiles were damaged, police said. Some ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump continues a campaign swing through the South this week, where he’ll try to fire up his core supporters by taking on Democrats’ impeachment effort. Trump was expected to plan rallies in Kentucky on Monday and Louisiana on Wednesday — states he won in 2016 by wide margins — and he’ll also seek to boost Republican gubernatorial ...

Bloomberg At least 200 people were arrested in Hong Kong as protesters blocked roads, vandalised public facilities and set alight exits of subway stations. Police fired multiple rounds of tear gas and deployed a water cannon on black-clad demonstrators who built barricades across busy streets, including a highway, and threw flaming objects in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island. MTR ...