Politics

BLOOMBERG Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner of an election that observers said was deeply flawed, extending a tenure that has been marred by the near-collapse of government services and endemic poverty and unemployment. Mnangagwa won 52.6% support and his main rival, Nelson Chamisa, 44%, Priscilla Chigumba, chairwoman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, told reporters in the capital, ...

BLOOMBERG Three US Marines died and five are in critical condition following a military aircraft crash off the coast of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory. The V-22 Osprey went down while performing drills with military personnel from other nations on Melville Island around 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Darwin on Sunday, ABC News reported. “There were a total of 23 ...

BLOOMBERG Gabon blocked internet access during elections that is likely to see President Ali Bongo extend the 56-year stranglehold his family has had on political power in the oil-producing central African nation. Live network data show a nation-scale internet blackout across Gabon on election day, Netblocks, an organisation that monitors internet shutdowns, said . Authorities also imposed a nationwide curfew ...

BLOOMBERG Ukraine’s allies now worry the war is dragging into a long fight that may strengthen Vladimir Putin’s hand as hopes fade that Kyiv’s forces will deliver a definitive breakthrough this year. More than two months into its counteroffensive, Kyiv has so far managed to make only tactical advances against heavily dug-in Russian forces, despite having committed many of the ...

BLOOMBERG India and Greece pledged to deepen ties in areas including trade and defense after the first visit by an Indian premier to the southern European nation in four decades. “Today, the prime minister and I have taken the decision to take the India-Greece partnership to a strategic level,” India’s Narendra Modi said after talks with his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos ...

BLOOMBERG Foreign observers found that Zimbabwe’s election this week didn’t meet regional, international or the country’s own constitutional standards, as police guarded the national results centre. “Curtailed rights and lack of level playing field led to an environment that was not always conducive to voters making a free and informed choice in Zimbabwe’s” election, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, head of the ...

BLOOMBERG The list of people who remain unaccounted for after Maui’s wildfire disaster dropped to 388, a significant decline from earlier estimates, after hundreds of individuals initially reported missing were found. Maui County has released a list validated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of those unaccounted for since the August 8 wildfire tore through the seaside town of Lahaina. ...

BLOOMBERG Former President Donald Trump posted his own mug shot in a return to Elon Musk’s X, which was formerly known as Twitter. Trump regularly used Twitter to boost his message and win the White House in 2016, sometimes tweeting dozens of times a day, at all hours, to communicate directly with his tens of millions of followers, guide the ...

BLOOMBERG Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis faced off with dueling events at Iowa’s state fair, taking their fight for the presidential nomination to the traditional political jamboree while avoiding a direct confrontation. Courting thousands of potential Republican voters, the two candidates didn’t cross paths but their appearances had the feel of a showdown in the crucial first-in-the-nation caucus state. But ...

BLOOMBERG New Zealand’s ruling Labour Party said it will exempt fruit and vegetables from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) if it wins a third term at elections in October. Unveiling the party’s tax policy on Sunday in Wellington, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins also pledged to increase benefits for low-income families that he said would deliver an average of NZ$47 ...