Politics

Bloomberg Hong Kong police clashed with black-clad protesters in a fresh sign of unrest as the city’s China-backed chief executive promised to be more open and inclusive at the turbulent start of her third year in office. Carrie Lam made the remarks in a ceremony to mark the anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule in 1997, her first ...

Bloomberg North Korean state media released gushing reports of Kim Jong-un’s Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) summit with President Donald Trump, as the regime sought to use another history-making meeting with the US leader to validate its policy decisions. The front page of North Korea‘s ruling party Rodong Sinmun newspaper was dominated by a seven-photo splash of Trump making the first crossing ...

Bloomberg Jeremy Hunt seeks to burnish his Brexit credentials as he sets out his strategy for preparing the UK for a no-deal departure from the European Union The foreign secretary, who campaigned for the “remain” side in 2016’s referendum, will use a speech in London to lay out the plan, which includes preparing for a no-deal budget that will cut ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un agreed to restart nuclear talks after an hour-long meeting on Sunday which saw Trump become the first American leader to set foot in North Korea while in office. Trump hailed ties with Kim, whom he has now met three times, and invited him to visit the White House. The meeting was hastily planned after ...

Bloomberg A third round of negotiations will be held between representatives of the two men struggling for the leadership of Venezuela, a once-wealthy oil state that has degraded into poverty, starvation and now deep political stalemate. The new round of talks was confirmed by people familiar with the earlier conversations — a tentative effort to clear a path towards an ...

Bloomberg Luxembourg’s foreign minister wants Switzerland to redouble its efforts to overcome labour unions’ opposition to a treaty with the European Union, so that it can be finalised this year, according to a newspaper interview. Bern and Brussels are at odds over an agreement to streamline relations, and the impasse has spilled over to stock trading, with the Swiss disallowing ...

Bloomberg Theresa May will stand down as Britain’s prime minister next month but she is not giving up. With three weeks left before she hands over to someone else, the premier is busier than ever trying to build an ambitious legacy. May flew to Japan for the Group of 20 summit, where she tried to persuade Vladimir Putin to stop ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump said he’d cross into North Korea at the country’s border to meet Kim Jong-un this weekend as the US president looks to restart stalled nuclear talks. “I will be in South Korea — I let him know,” Trump told reporters in Osaka, Japan, after a tweet in which he invited Kim for a handshake. “We’ll see. If ...

Bloomberg The Senate rejected legislation that would require President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval for military action in Iran — one of the few measures considered by the Republican-led chamber to curtail his war-making ability. The 50-40 vote was far short of the 60 needed to adopt the measure. The vote was kept open for about 10 hours to ...

Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel endorsed Manfred Weber and Frans Timmermans as the candidates left in the race to lead the European Union’s executive arm. Without mentioning them by name, Merkel made clear that the center-right German, from her political family, and the center-left Dutchman are the official and only contenders to head the European Commission. That leaves liberal Margrethe ...