Politics

Bloomberg The enemy had destroyed the bridge. Near the village of Telneset in central Norway, German and Norwegian troops arrived too late to save the strategic crossing. Stuck on the banks of the Glomma river, military engineers worked to assemble a mobile ferry instead. If truly at war, they may have moved more quickly. But as it was, the atmosphere ...

Bloomberg Xi Jinping sealed a raft of deals on Tuesday during a trip to Manila as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration shrugs off US warnings about accepting Chinese cash. Xi’s two-day trip marks the first state visit to the Philippines by a Chinese president in 13 years. The visit reflects warmer ties that began when Duterte took office and pivoted ...

Bloomberg The ruling coalition’s candidate in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election pledged to almost triple government spending if he’s elected. Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, 57, is vying to become leader of the world’s biggest cobalt producer in a vote scheduled for December 23. The former interior minister was handpicked by President Joseph Kabila, who’s stepping aside after 17 years ...

Bloomberg Russia levied new charges against US-born investor and Kremlin critic Bill Browder, stepping up a quest that has gotten little traction in the West with a call to the US to investigate claims shareholders in his fund used illegal profits from Russia to fund contributions to the Democratic Party. Once one of the country’s largest foreign fund managers, Browder ...

Bloomberg Protests against gasoline taxes in France continued for a third day on Monday with sporadic actions around the country, according to media reports. Depots near Rennes, La Rochelle, and Marseille were being obstructed, France Bleu radio reported. A highway to Belgium, as well as highway stretches near Belfort in the east and Lyon in the south were also being ...

Bloomberg Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s chances of winning re-election in February are facing a potentially insurmountable hurdle: widening divisions in his own party. Dissatisfied party heavyweights range from his wife, Aisha Buhari, who called on members to “rise against impunity” after her brother lost a gubernatorial nomination, to three influential state governors whose chosen successors failed to win party primaries. ...

Bloomberg Theresa May said a challenge to her leadership would be a distraction from negotiating with the European Union, and that any new prime minister would face the same issues she does, as she urged Parliament to back her Brexit deal as the only offer available. May is in the midst of the toughest week of her difficult premiership. Her ...

Bloomberg Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena isn’t giving up on trying to install former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister, a quest that has plunged the country into a weeks-long political crisis. Sirisena called for a third no-confidence vote for Rajapaksa after lawmakers rejected him the first two times. On Monday, the parliament was adjourned until November 23 soon after ...

Bloomberg Chad’s army dislodged what it described as enemy fighters from a town near its northern border with Libya after heavy fighting in a conflict the government has so far given few details about. The central African nation’s announcement that the army was successful in fighting insurgents in the town of Miski came a week after President Idriss Deby replaced ...

Bloomberg Theresa May rolled the dice with a dramatic reshuffle of her ministerial team as she battles to cling onto her job and stop her own party tearing up her Brexit deal. The prime minister reduced the power of her critics and promoted allies to key positions as she took personal charge of the final days of the UK’s divorce ...