Politics

Bloomberg Hundreds of domestic flights in Japan were canceled because of Typhoon Tapah, and the storm caused similar disruptions in South Korea as it moved to make landfall on Sunday. Airlines operating in Japan called off more than 420 domestic flights as of 2 pm on Sunday due to the typhoon, the national broadcaster NHK reported. More than 390 flights ...

Bloomberg A motion to oust Tom Watson, deputy leader of the UK’s main opposition Labour Party, was withdrawn after it opened up divisions on the first day of the party’s conference, threatening to overshadow preparations for a general election. The ruling National Executive Committee was due to vote on the surprise move as delegates met in Brighton, southern England, for ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he doesn’t plan to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during the United Nations General Assembly meeting this week, while leaving open the possibility that he might. “Nothing is ever off the table completely, but I have no intention of meeting with Iran,” the US president told reporters at the White House. “That doesn’t mean it ...

Bloomberg It took an austere law professor to channel the burning injustices of a generation disillusioned by the failures of the Arab Spring into an insurgent campaign that dealt a stinging rebuke to Tunisia’s political establishment. After a buildup that scarcely registered with the media, at the ballot box 61-year-old Kais Saied saw off nearly two dozen rivals seeking to ...

Bloomberg The US will send a “moderate” number of American troops to the Middle East and additional missile defense capabilities to Saudi Arabia in response to last weekend’s attack on oil facilities, top Pentagon officials said. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said that the decision represented a “first step” in the US response. He reiterated US statements that evidence collected ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump is planning about a dozen one-on-one meetings with foreign leaders next week at the United Nations General Assembly, but none may be more anticipated than his Wednesday session with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Interest in those talks stems from a whistleblower complaint filed by a US intelligence official after Trump and Zelensky spoke by phone earlier ...

Bloomberg Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro heads to New York on Monday in an attempt to defuse the international outcry over the fires raging through the Amazon, while simultaneously asserting the country’s right to develop the rainforest as it sees fit. Until recently, few countries enjoyed such widespread affection as Brazil did, with its tradition of multilateral and “soft power” diplomacy, ...

Bloomberg The first assembly polls after Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a landslide victory in national elections in May will take place in the states of Maharashtra, the country’s richest, and Haryana next month. Voting will be held on October 21, while counting will take place on October 24, Sunil Arora, chief election commissioner, said at a press conference on ...

Bloomberg The unrest in Hong Kong should start letting up after three months of protests as Chief Executive Carrie Lam makes a concerted effort to address the concerns raised by the demonstrators, her top adviser said. The city’s leader plans to hold a dialogue with Hong Kong citizens and will also address the underlying issues raised by the protesters — ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson heads to New York on Sunday for his first United Nations General Assembly as prime minister. But even on the other side of the Atlantic, he won’t be able to escape Brexit. According to a statement from Johnson, his two-day schedule will see him “raising three crucial issues” — the crisis in the Middle East, climate change, ...