Politics

Bloomberg Donald Trump called on the Venezuelan military to drop its support for Nicolas Maduro in a Miami speech critical of socialism, previewing attacks he may deploy against Democrats in his re-election campaign. “The twilight hour of socialism has arrived in our hemisphere and frankly in many, many places around the world,” Trump said to an audience at Florida International ...

Bloomberg Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fired a key political ally and cabinet member amid a campaign funding scandal, raising doubts over his government’s unity and the prospect of economic reforms. Secretary-General Gustavo Bebianno’s dismissal was confirmed by the presidential spokesman, after days of intense speculation. The ruling PSL party that Bebianno headed and Bolsonaro joined less than a year ago ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will press Donald Trump to raise the issue of Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea when the US president meets leader Kim Jong-un next week for nuclear talks. Japan has been pushing to have its position heard on the emotive domestic issue of abductees during Trump’s summit with Kim, planned for February 27-28 in Hanoi. ...

Bloomberg When US President Donald Trump sits down to talk peace with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un later this month, one of America’s closest allies— Japan — will be looking on with apprehension. Like the first time Trump met Kim in June, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has found himself on the outside peering in before their second summit set ...

Bloomberg Four Indian soldiers and two militants were killed in a gun battle in Kashmir on Monday, days after a deadly attack in the disputed region heightened tensions with neighbour Pakistan. The soldiers were killed during a search operation in Pulwama district, near the summer state capital of Srinagar, an Indian Army spokesman said in New Delhi. The army also ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined to say whether he nominated Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, while praising the US President for “decisive” efforts to resolve the problems of a nuclear-armed North Korea. Abe, who has worked hard to build a personal rapport with Trump, walked a fine line during a parliamentary committee meeting on Monday when asked ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump wanted the Russia investigation cited in the memo firing FBI Director James Comey, and believed Russia’s president over his own intelligence agencies about North Korea’s missile capability, former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe said. McCabe said in a pre-recorded interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” broadcast that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein didn’t want to include a ...

Bloomberg Two decades into Europe’s biggest unresolved dispute, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says it’s time for a deal on Kosovo. After Greece and the ex-Yugoslav region of Macedonia settled a country-name clash, international pressure is shifting to Vucic to work for a deal with Kosovar leader Hashim Thaci. That would allow both sides to join the European Union and, at ...

Bloomberg Theresa May will lead a last-ditch diplomatic drive to persuade European Union leaders to save her Brexit agreement, as she faces a rebellion from Cabinet ministers who want to stop the UK leaving without a deal. May’s allies believe she has just nine days left to save her strategy before members of Parliament run out of patience and step ...

Bloomberg If China and the US are in the midst of a divorce, Europeans look increasingly like the children. That was the impression given by a series of back-to-back appearances, from US President Mike Pence, Chinese politburo member Yang Jiechi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The speeches put growing great power rivalries on display, but ...