Politics

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 ...

Bloomberg Taylor Swift said US President Donald Trump probably thinks of the US as an “autocracy” and that she has become disillusioned with the state of American politics in an interview with The Guardian newspaper. The criticism of the president is unusually pointed for the singer, who for years declined to publicise her political beliefs. She now says she regrets ...

Bloomberg North Korea launched more missiles on Saturday, the latest in the most prolific series of tests since US President Donald Trump took office. South Korea’s Defense Ministry said two ballistic missiles were launched from south Hamgyong, travelling about 380 kilometres and reaching a maximum altitude of 97 kilometres. They landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Japan’s Coast Guard said ...

Bloomberg US sanctions against Venezuela are making successful talks with the opposition impossible, said a key ally of President Nicolas Maduro, demanding that President Donald Trump immediately act to drop them. “The stone in the way of any negotiation is sanctions,” Tarek William Saab, Venezuela’s public prosecutor, said in a rare interview at the Public Prosecutor headquarters office in downtown ...

Bloomberg A Tunisian media mogul who’s running for the presidency in next month’s elections was detained, after authorities ordered his arrest for alleged tax evasion and money laundering. Nabil Karoui, the owner of Nessma TV, was stopped by security services while traveling outside the capital and is currently in prison in Tunis, the nterior Ministry said in a statement. The ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s beleaguered Chief Executive Carrie Lam called on protesters to break the deadlock gripping the city, after she held a meeting with former officials and other prominent people to find a way out of the impasse. About 30 people were invited to the gathering at Government House on Saturday, including ex-transport chief Anthony Cheung and Cardinal John Tong, ...

Bloomberg Italy’s next government — whoever winds up leading it — will have a lengthy list of problems needing immediate attention. Thorny issues include getting a budget that complies with European Union deficit rules through parliament by the end of December, finding a solution to the environmental pollution charges threatening thousands of jobs at Europe’s largest steel plant and working ...

Bloomberg Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has set up a political action committee in a bid to prevent Donald Trump’s re-election, saying in a Financial Times editorial that he broke with the US president to “save the liberal world order.” Scaramucci expressed regret over his past support of Trump, explaining a reversal of his position earlier this year ...