Politics

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 ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested he won’t quit if he fails in his defining mission to deliver Brexit by the end of October. In an interview with the BBC, he refused to back down over his use of military terms to describe the opposition to his Brexit strategy, while facing questions over his alleged links to a businesswoman ...

Bloomberg Afghanistan’s presidential polls closed on Saturday amid Taliban violence nationwide and complaints of wrongdoings in some polling centres. Millions of Afghans braved the militant threats and cast their vote for a new leader in the fourth democratic election since the Taliban regime was ousted by the US invasion in 2001. “Amid the challenges and threats, the presidential elections of ...

Bloomberg The same prosecutors who put former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva behind bars for corruption and money laundering are now willing to see him placed on house arrest. Prosecutors of the so-called Carwash task force said the former president has shown “good behaviour” and is now entitled to a semi-open regime, which would allow him to leave jail ...

Bloomberg Unilateral actions risk escalating tensions in the South China Sea, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said at the UN General Assembly, comments aimed at China that avoided mentioning China directly. “Vietnam has on many occasions voiced its concerns over the recent complicated developments in the South China Sea, including serious incidents that infringed upon Vietnam’s sovereignty,” Pham said. ...

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. Democrats accelerated their inquiry, issuing a subpoena and setting plans for witness interviews. But Pelosi, the House speaker, must still settle internal divisions over the scope of the ...

Bloomberg Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lashed out at the US and its allies as a dispute over Washington’s refusal to issue some visas for officials from Russia attending the UN General Assembly fuelled tensions between the former Cold War enemies. Lavrov said he raised the issue with Secretary of State Michael Pompeo after a dozen members of Russia’s delegation ...

Bloomberg Austria’s snap elections have descended into the political equivalent of “The Bachelor” dating show, with a string of contestants fighting to partner with Sebastian Kurz in his comeback as chancellor. The far-right Freedom Party, Kurz’s ally in the previous administration, has made the most blatant play, running ads showing chief Norbert Hofer and a Kurz lookalike in couples therapy. ...

Bloomberg It’s a fight that President Donald Trump has been spoiling for, and one that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was reluctant to give him. And now, with the involvement of the Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, it’s a fight that could overtake the 2020 presidential campaign, no matter who becomes the Democratic nominee. Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry. If it ...