Politics

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump said he expects to hold a second summit with North Korea Leader Kim Jong-un as soon as next month and that three locations are being considered. “I think we’re going to do one, fairly, into January, February,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned from the Group of 20 summit in Argentina. ...

Bloomberg Spain’s political establishment suffered another significant crack on Sunday as the far-right group Vox won its first ever representation in a regional election in Andalusia, carving off voters who were targeted by the center-right People’s Party. Vox won 12 seats in the 109-seat regional assembly, a stronghold for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists for the past 36 years. The ...

Bloomberg Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal issued an interim order preventing newly appointed prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government’s ministers from exercising powers until it hears a petition challenging their authority. The court issued its order on Monday after 122 members of Sri Lanka’s parliament, who are allied with ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, filed a legal action on ...

Bloomberg Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has an unusual new campaign pitch: he isn’t dead. In a Facebook post following a meeting with Nigerians in Poland, Buhari said he’d been asked whether it really was him speaking to the group or a clone, given speculation he’d died last year when he was absent from the country on medical leave. “I can ...

Bloomberg The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) suggested the European Union will give the UK a better Brexit deal, as members of Parliament prepare to give their verdict on Theresa May’s accord. “Does anyone for a moment think that the EU states don’t desperately want a deal by March?,” Foster said in remarks to Conservative Party members, and e-mailed to Bloomberg. ...

Bloomberg The flare-up between Russia and Ukraine off the coast of Crimea has stirred fears their conflict is set to reignite. Ukraine’s leader has warned dramatically of such a scenario. More likely, according to an analysis by Chatham House, is that the aggression is simply the latest gambit in President Vladimir Putin’s long game to chip away at his neighbour’s ...

Bloomberg Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said his political party and the nation’s powerful military are “all on one page” in wanting to mend ties with arch-rival India. “We want to move forward, we want a civilised relationship,” Khan said in a speechwhile opening a border crossing with India for Sikh pilgrims in Punjab. The former cricket star reiterated his ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May has backed down in a key Brexit battle with Parliament, ditching moves to stop lawmakers trying to re-write her plans, according to an official. The government had intended to try to prevent the House of Commons from changing the terms of May’s agreement with the European Union before politicians finally vote on it. But ...

Bloomberg Organisers of the demonstrations that blocked roads across France for 10 days say they are unimpressed by the government’s response and have called for another protest in Paris even after last weekend’s turned violent. President Emmanuel Macron said he heard the “deep anger” against the rising cost of living and offered “adaptations” to controversial energy taxes, while vowing to ...

Bloomberg Jack Ma, co-founder of China’s most valuable company, was officially confirmed as a member of the Communist Party in a state-backed newspaper recognizing business leaders for their contributions to the country’s development. Ma, co-founder and chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., is one of 100 people the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee will honor as part ...