Politics

Bloomberg France’s Yellow Vests may have peaked as a protest movement, but they are contemplating a next step: presenting candidates in next May’s European elections to provide another outlet for voters angry at President Emmanuel Macron. The limited amount of polling so far suggests a Yellow Vests campaign wouldn’t impact Macron’s party in selecting legislators for the European Parliament. Instead, ...

Bloomberg South African authorities issued a warrant of arrest for Grace Mugabe, the wife of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, civil rights organisation AfriForum said. A charge of assault was laid against Grace Mugabe in South Africa last year, after local media including the Star newspaper reported that she assaulted a woman at a hotel in Johannesburg. While she agreed ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May has given herself another four weeks to save the Brexit deal she says is still the only way to avoid a chaotic split from the European Union. Last week, May called off a parliamentary vote scheduled for December 11 on the withdrawal agreement after concluding it would be defeated amid overwhelming opposition from politicians ...

Bloomberg The Kremlin cheered what it said was a relaxation of a ban on sanctioned Russian businessmen by organisers of the World Economic Forum, signalling the move would ease the path for a delegation to attend the January event. “We welcome the fact that the Davos economic forum and its management heard our position that it’s unacceptable to have a ...

Bloomberg Jacob Zuma, the former South African president facing 16 corruption charges and a demand to pay back as much as $2.2 million in legal fees, may see his woes deepen from beyond the country’s borders. South Africa’s top court ruled that Zuma had no right to co-sign a Southern African Development Community (SADC) decision in 2014 to sideline a ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump offered public well wishes to Michael Flynn, hours before his former national security adviser is set to be sentenced for lying to investigators about his contacts during the 2016 campaign with the Russian ambassador. “Good luck in court to General Michael Flynn,” Trump said on Twitter. “Will be interesting to see what he has to say, ...

Bloomberg Long at the mercy of geopolitical forces, Hungary under Viktor Orban is looking to carve out its own sphere of influence. His power at home is secure after three consecutive landslide election wins and a growing group of like-minded anti-immigrant leaders are at his side in the European Union. So far unfazed by street protests in Budapest, Orban has ...

Bloomberg Protests against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s regime grew as an initial call to repeal a law on overtime work widened into a demand for a return to liberal democracy, including independent courts and free public media. The demonstration was the biggest of four in five days and highlighted the backlash against Orban’s centralisation of power. The 55-year old ...

Bloomberg Clashes between Nigerian farmers and herders killed at least 3,641 people in the past three years, with more than half of the deaths occurring in 2018, Amnesty International said. The London-based human rights organisation blamed the escalation in the conflict on the authorities’ failure to investigate the violence or prosecute perpetrators, according to the report on its website. The ...

Bloomberg A number of men attacked security guards and set cars on fire at a repossessed house in western Ireland, as anger at repossessions since the financial crisis bubbled over. As many as 20 men armed with baseball bats attacked the rural property in Co. Roscommon, state broadcaster RTE reported. A number of people were injured, with three requiring hospital ...