Politics

Bloomberg President Donald Trump downplayed a recent missile test by North Korea, a day after his national security adviser called the actions a violation of United Nations resolutions, and took a fresh swing at Democrat Joe Biden, the top 2020 Democratic contender. On Twitter Trump said Pyongyang’s firing of “some small weapons” this month “disturbed some of my people, and ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of about 1,500 additional US troops and military hardware to the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran. The troops will serve “mostly in a protective capacity,” Trump said as he departed the White House for Japan. The president’s decision comes after his administration said it had evidence Iran is threatening possible ...

Bloomberg National Security Advisor John Bolton said the US wants to restart talks with North Korea even while calling the regime’s missile launches this month a violation of United Nations resolutions. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo ahead of a trip to Japan by President Donald Trump, Bolton said the launches on May 4 and May 9 were of close-range and ...

Bloomberg If anyone had any doubts about Narendra Modi’s popularity, India’s masses just put them to rest. His Bharatiya Janata Party swept to another single-party majority, a margin that surprised political watchers who expected him to return with a weakened mandate. A combination of economic populism, Hindu nationalism and air strikes against arch-rival Pakistan earlier this year proved unbeatable. “This ...

Bloomberg At 10:11 am on May 24, a devastated Theresa May walked back in through the black door of Number 10 Downing Street, tears in her eyes. For May, 62, it was the end she had dreaded but could no longer avoid. After three years battling the impossible contradictions of Brexit, she was resigning as UK prime minister, defeated at ...

Bloomberg Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as South Africa’s president on Saturday, marking the official start of his five-year term and setting the stage for the appointment of his new cabinet. Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng administered Ramaphosa’s oath of office before a cheering crowd of about 40,000 at the Loftus Versveld rugby stadium in the capital, Pretoria. The 66-year-old Ramaphosa ...

Bloomberg At least six people were killed and hundreds more injured in clashes between police and supporters of Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto in the worst political violence to hit Jakarta in two decades. Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan appealed for public order and urged police to exercise restraint and avoid conflict with the protesters in the capital city. About 200 ...

Bloomberg China’s President Xi Jinping called on citizens to join a “new Long March”, a phrase he’s used before to characterise achieving progress despite hardship, as the US weighs stronger restrictions on Chinese technology companies amid a deepening trade war. Xi made the remarks while leaving the Long March memorial garden in Jiangxi Province, according to a video clip released ...

Bloomberg Theresa May is facing pressure to abandon her Brexit deal and quit as British prime minister within days, according to people familiar with the matter. Several senior government officials said they were shocked that the premier’s new offer intended to win votes in parliament for her European Union divorce agreement had been so badly received so quickly. Speaking on ...

Bloomberg Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing new pressure from House Democrats to open impeachment proceedings as she planned to meet with her party behind closed doors on Wednesday to discuss President Donald Trump’s defiance of congressional investigations. Several influential Democratic lawmakers, including a few top Pelosi lieutenants, in recent days joined calls to begin an impeachment inquiry, spurred by Trump’s ...