Politics

  Bloomberg A shooting in Paris has left two people dead and four injured, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. The shooting took place around noon on Friday in the 10th arrondissement. A 69-year-old man old was arrested, the prosecutor’s office said. Authorities are still determining the man’s identity. The shooting occurred on rue d’Enghien, near a Kurdish cultural center, Agence ...

  Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping has praised Hong Kong’s leader John Lee for reviving the local economy and safeguarding national security, while Premier Li Keqiang called for better coordination over the reopening of the city’s border with the mainland. Xi told Lee the city is on the “right track” as the two met in Beijing, according to the South ...

Bloomberg Nurses will strike again in England next month as unions and the government refuse to back down in a row over pay. The move threatens a chaotic start to the year for Britain’s National Health Service after ambulance workers called off a strike planned for next week but announced further walkouts for early next year. The Royal College of ...

  Bloomberg Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha, a general who first came to power in 2014, announced that he will seek to retain his position with the help of a new party in a vote expected in the first half of 2023. Prayuth, 68, will be a prime minister candidate of the Ruamthai Sarngchart party set up last year, he ...

Bloomberg The Kremlin criticised the outcome of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to Washington and warned that Russia would continue to target weaponry supplied to Ukraine by the US and its allies. Moscow followed Zelenskiy’s meeting with President Joe Biden and speech to the US Congress and saw no sign of a “willingness to listen to Russia’s concerns,” Kremlin spokesman ...

  Bloomberg A monstrous once-in-a-decade winter storm is battering a huge swath of the central US with snow and frigid temperatures, making a mess of highways and canceling flights as the holiday travel season peaks. Blinding snow squalls and dangerous cold have gripped the region as an estimated 112.7 million people are set to travel at least 50 miles (80 ...

  Bloomberg More than a dozen male university teachers in Afghanistan have resigned and several male students walked out of their classrooms in support of female students who were forced out of higher education following a Taliban decree. “I don’t wish to continue working somewhere where there is an organised discrimination against innocent and talented girls of this country by ...

Bloomberg US President Joe Biden will unveil nearly $2 billion in assistance and announce moves to deliver a Patriot missile battery to help Ukraine bolster its defenses this winter as its leader, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, arrives in Washington on Wednesday to deliver an in-person address to Congress. Zelenskiy left Ukraine for the first time since Russia invaded in February and at ...

Bloomberg Home Secretary Suella Braverman suggested the UK may use cruise ships to house asylum seekers in an attempt to cut costs the government estimates will run to £3.5 billion ($4.2 billion) this tax year. “Nothing is excluded,” Braverman told lawmakers when asked if vessels will be used. It’s an idea Prime Minister Rishi Sunak floated during the summer leadership ...

  Bloomberg The European Union (EU) will look into Kosovo’s application to join the bloc as soon as Sweden takes over the rotating presidency in January. The bid will have to be carefully mulled as it’s a sensitive issue for many member states, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. Five of 27 ...