Politics

Bloomberg Russia said air tests found traces of nuclear isotopes after a deadly blast that killed five atomic scientists and caused a spike in radiation at a remote military facility. Barium-139, barium-140, strontium-91 and lanthanum-140 were found in a cloud of radioactive gases that drifted over the city of Severodvinsk following the explosion on a nearby offshore platform in the ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he knew that Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was heading to Biarritz, site of the Group of Seven summit, and supported French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to invite him amid growing signs of active diplomacy at work. The US leader pulled out of the Iranian nuclear deal in 2018, leaving Macron and his European allies ...

Bloomberg Chinese state media gave one of its strongest warnings yet of a possible military intervention in Hong Kong, even though analysts said such a move remained a last resort. The unsigned commentary from the official Xinhua News Agency on Sunday came after the 12th straight weekend of unrest in Asia’s main financial hub, with violent clashes that saw demonstrators ...

Bloomberg Attempts to avoid a snap election in Italy are now riding on the future of caretaker Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, as a deadline to reach a deal nears. Whether or not Conte stays in his job to lead a new alliance has become the main sticking point in talks between the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the center-left Democratic ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump says it’s “certainly possible” he’ll invite Vladimir Putin as a guest to next year’s Group of Seven summit in the US, setting up a flashpoint with fellow nations who ejected the Russian leader over annexation of Crimea. Trump spoke in Biarritz, France, on Sunday as the day’s session of the G-7 was set to get underway. ...

Bloomberg North Korea’s Kim Jong-un guided a test fire of a newly developed super-large multiple rocket launcher, setting the stage for one of the busiest weekends for missile firings since talks began with US President Donald Trump more than a year ago. The test firing comes after South Korea’s Defense Ministry said the same day North Korea launched two ballistic ...

Bloomberg South Korea’s armed forces started military training near disputed islands also claimed by Japan on Sunday amid increasing tensions between the two nations. The drills involving South Korea’s navy, marine corps, air force and army will run through Monday, the nation’s Defense Ministry said. Japan swiftly decried the move and called for a halt to the exercises, which it ...

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron pitched US President Donald Trump on a plan to end the standoff over the Iran nuclear deal — by allowing Iran to sell oil for a limited period of time in exchange for returning to talks and to compliance with the agreement. The proposal was described by a French official after Macron and Trump sat ...

Bloomberg Two of Tunisia’s main parties criticised the arrest of a media mogul-turned presidential candidate on tax evasion changes and raised questions over the role of the judiciary in the North African nation’s politics. Nabil Karoui, the owner of Nessma TV and a self-proclaimed champion of the poor, was detained after the issuing of an arrest warrant in a case ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong police deployed water cannons for the first time after firing multiple volleys of tear gas at protesters as social unrest continued for the 12th weekend in the Asian financial centre. Police and protesters were involved in several standoffs in the western New Territories district of Tsuen Wan on Sunday. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam held a ...