Politics

Bloomberg Whether it’s an immigration deal with Mexico, a new base for US soldiers in Poland or tariffs on Chinese imports, what’s important to Donald Trump is that some other country will pay the bill. The US president has repeatedly boasted this month that the costs of various agreements he’s struck will either be born by foreigners or will be ...

Bloomberg South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has until June 21 to answer anti-graft ombudsman questions after being implicated in a probe into a donation his campaign received from a company linked to a bribes scandal. The rand fell. Ramaphosa received notification about the preliminary outcome of the investigation, which will be finalised once he has responded, Busisiwe Mkhwebane said in ...

Bloomberg Kazakhstan’s new president called for dialogue with protesters after police arrested hundreds of people demonstrating against his election and opposition groups called for rallies to continue. Former Senate leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dominated the presidential ballot, taking 71 percent of the vote to cement a transfer of power by Nursultan Nazarbayev, who had ruled the country since before the collapse ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump plans to make an announcement on US troop commitments in Poland after discussions about establishing a military base that the country’s president has dubbed “Fort Trump.” The announcement will come as Polish President Andrzej Duda meets with Trump at the White House, according to administration officials. The officials, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity, wouldn’t ...

Bloomberg Mauricio Macri, Argentine president, kickstarted his re-election bid with a surprise running mate that shakes up the nation’s political alliances before the October vote. Macri chose Senator Miguel Pichetto, one of his critics and a moderate opposition leader, to be his vice presidential candidate. The move boosts Macri’s odds of winning, but analysts say it’s also an admission that ...

Bloomberg Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, a rare friend of both President Donald Trump and Iran’s leaders, set off for Tehran with the daunting task of bridging a divide that could plunge the region into renewed chaos. Abe’s visit comes as the US has given scant indication it’s ready to ease sanctions it reimposed after abandoning a 2015 accord meant to ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong braced for rare strikes and further protests amid an escalating standoff over a controversial bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China. Local companies said they would suspend work or allow flexible office hours on June 12 to accommodate workers planning to demonstrate near the city’s Legislative Council, which will meet to debate amendments. The Hong Kong ...

Bloomberg Mali’s President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, urged citizens to refrain from violence as his government scrambled to deal with the fallout from an attack that left scores of people dead and raised the specter of widespread civil conflict. Extremist insurgencies that have plagued the impoverished West African nation for seven years are increasingly stoking tension between farming communities and groups ...

Bloomberg The US Coast Guard is touting increased operations in the Western Pacific, thousands of miles from American shores, as China’s coast guard and civilian fishing militias increasingly assert the country’s territorial claims. A presence in the South China Sea and elsewhere will help enforce the sovereignty of partner nations in the disputed waters, US Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander ...

Bloomberg Moldova’s newly declared Prime Minister Maia Sandu said her decision to form a parallel government in the former Soviet Republic is perilous and urged the former ruling party still claiming power not to turn the country into a second Venezuela. Speaking from Chisinau, the 47-year-old former World Bank adviser insisted that her administration will be wholly pro-European even though ...