Politics

Bloomberg Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked militant group in the Horn of Africa, attacked a US military base near Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, and detonated a car bomb targeting a European Union military convoy. “We are aware that the al-Shabaab militants detonated two car bombs at the US army base in Balidoogle area,” Abdirahman Muse Ali, a Somalia army officer, said by phone. ...

Bloomberg Politicians determined to stop Boris Johnson leaving the European Union without a deal are trying to work out how to force the prime minister from office. They have hit upon an arcane constitutional trick that relies on Queen Elizabeth II to fire him, according to a person familiar with the matter. A so-called Humble Address could be used to ...

Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed national unity and said relations between Hong Kong and the mainland would improve, even as pro-democracy protesters planned several rallies to coincide with anniversary of Communist rule. “Hong Kong and Macau will be able to develop together with the motherland’s interior,” Xi said in a brief speech to a banquet in Beijing ahead of ...

Bloomberg Sebastian Kurz is on track to return as Austria’s chancellor after a historic election victory, but the road to a new government is fraught with hazards. Austrian voters made his People’s Party and the Greens the clear winners in snap elections triggered by the collapse of his alliance with the nationalist Freedom Party. If the conservative and environmentalist groups ...

Bloomberg House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is telling the White House to be honest and cooperate with an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, saying “don’t make this any worse than it already is.” “Speak the truth. Honor your oath of office to the Constitution of the United States,” Pelosi said in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” when asked what ...

Bloomberg Nancy Pelosi set House Democrats on a course towards an impeachment of President Donald Trump without a clear road map for where it will go and how long it will take — even as new information comes to light. Democrats accelerated their inquiry, issuing a subpoena and setting plans for witness interviews. But Pelosi, the House speaker, must still ...

Bloomberg The White House denounced a federal judge’s decision to halt President Donald Trump’s administration from expediting deportations of people who entered the US illegally. “Once again, a single district judge has suspended application of Federal law nationwide — removing whole classes of illegal aliens from legal accountability,” the White House said in a statement. US District Judge Ketanji Brown ...

Bloomberg Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara is in favor of “handing over to the new generation” in next year’s presidential polls, but did not rule out running in the election. The 78-year-old, who has just over a year left of his second term in office, was addressing reporters in his hometown of Dimbokro after a four-day visit to the surrounding ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong police used a water cannon, rubber bullets and tear gas on protesters who set a train station entrance on fire and hurled petrol bombs as they tried to march on the government offices in the city center. Demonstrators marched without permission on Sunday after an approved rally the day before. Chief Executive Carrie Lam took responsibility for ...

Bloomberg Chanting “Yes, we can!” along with thousands of supporters, Argentine President Mauricio Macri pledged to lift salaries and economic growth as he began a final bid to come back in the polls ahead of a presidential vote next month where his chances of victory have been largely written off. “This election can be turned around,” Macri told the crowd ...