Politics

Bloomberg Malaysian prosecutors will bring more charges against the wife of ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday, the anti-graft agency said, stepping up legal action against a growing group of individuals surrounding Najib. Rosmah Mansor was called in by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday. She will appear in court the following day to face charges in several cases linked ...

Bloomberg France’s Emmanuel Macron is heading to sea on his biggest warship a day after he suffered a tirade of abuse from Donald Trump. The trip, planned for weeks, will show France’s alliance with the US goes beyond any temporary disagreement between the presidents. France’s sole aircraft carrier, the Charles-de-Gaulle, the world’s most powerful vessel outside the US navy, was ...

Bloomberg Thirteen undeclared North Korean missile operating bases were identified in a new report, undermining the Trump administration’s claims that its outreach to Pyongyang is making progress in getting Kim Jong-un’s regime to give up its nuclear weapons programme. The 13 sites are among an estimated 20 bases, small and dispersed across the country, that are believed to have underground ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he suggested driving to a French cemetery for a World War I commemoration that he skipped over the weekend but he blamed the Secret Service for blocking that idea after his helicopter was unable to fly due to weather conditions. “By the way, when the helicopter couldn’t fly to the first cemetery in France because ...

Bloomberg No stranger to gaffes, Romania’s prime minister is perhaps best known for one particularly glaring slip of the tongue not long into her tenure. Addressing colleagues at a government meeting in May — as well as a live online audience — Viorica Dancila proudly declared that “we’re reducing democracy.” Despite quickly correcting that last word to “bureaucracy,” the Internet ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s hardening line on immigration sets him on a collision course with House Democrats that is likely to shape the next presidential campaign. Trump’s first move following midterm elections in which he stoked fears of undocumented immigrants was to restrict asylum claims by people who illegally cross the US-Mexico border. He has also promised to try to ...

Bloomberg The convicted former prime minister of the Republic of Macedonia said he has fled to Hungary and applied for political asylum there, challenging Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s balancing act between mainstream European politics and its nationalist fringe. Orban faces a tough decision. He can grant asylum to Nikola Gruevski, the Macedonian leader who escaped to Hungary to avoid starting ...

Bloomberg For US President Donald Trump, attending a French-run ceremony to commemorate World War I, a bloodletting that highlighted the value of allies and dangers of nationalism, was never going to be easy. By the time he flew home on Sunday he appeared isolated and, by some, scorned. Trump arrived fresh off midterm elections where his party lost control of ...

Bloomberg Two months after Sweden’s inconclusive election the country still has no government and the center-right Alliance coalition risks splitting up amid deep disagreements over whether to accept support from nationalists. Sweden is facing what could be the most tumultuous week yet after the September 9 vote, which saw the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats emerge as king-makers with none of the ...

Bloomberg Pressure is building on UK PM Theresa May to ditch her Brexit plan or face a catastrophic defeat in Parliament. Britain and the European Union have been edging towards an agreement after 16 months of talks, with the aim of getting a deal wrapped up at a summit in November. But as domestic opposition builds, momentum seems to be ...