Politics

Bloomberg Members of a House panel discussed urging criminal prosecutions against aides and allies of former President Donald Trump for the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, and adjourned without announcing any decisions. Presentations for referrals were made and other topics were also discussed at the virtual meeting, according to multiple people familiar with the talks. A committee spokesman ...

  Bloomberg Brazil’s outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro appeared twice in public over the weekend though he made no public comments ahead of the certification of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s election victory. Bolsonaro prayed in front of supporters standing in the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia. Chants of “legend” rang out from a crowd holding signs saying “the court is the ...

Bloomberg South African lawmakers will decide whether to institute impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa, three days before the governing party meets to consider re-electing him as its leader. Ramaphosa’s political future was cast into doubt on November 30, when an independent panel found he may have violated the constitution because of the way he handled the theft of at ...

  Bloomberg China described its meeting with US envoys that included talks on Taiwan as “in-depth and constructive,” a sign Beijing and Washington are taking steps to cool tensions. Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng met Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink and National Security Council Senior Director for China and Taiwan Laura Rosenberger, Foreign ...

Bloomberg Taiwan received its first visit from a top member of Japan’s ruling party in 19 years, a trip that comes as Tokyo prepares a hefty boost in military spending to counter threats from countries like China. Koichi Hagiuda, policy chief of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), met with President Tsai Ing-wen. Tsai told Hagiuda Taiwan will continue to deepen ...

Bloomberg Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won’t be holding an annual in-person summit with Vladimir Putin after the Russian president threatened to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The relationship between India and Russia remains strong but trumpeting the friendship at this point may not be beneficial for Modi, said ...

  Bloomberg The US is preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Russia and China for what it describes as human rights abuses by both countries, according to an official familiar with the matter. The sanctions against Russia were expected to focus on the country’s efforts to procure weapons — especially drones — which is also under heavy US sanctions. ...

  Bloomberg Pedro Castillo, the Peruvian leader ousted for trying to dissolve congress, faces as many as 20 years in prison if found guilty of the crime of rebellion, at a time when Mexico is offering him political asylum. Judge Juan Carlos Checkley ordered Castillo held through December 13 for additional investigations, considering him a flight risk. The seriousness of ...

Bloomberg Two senior Bangladeshi opposition leaders were arrested by plainclothes police officers as part of a crackdown ahead of a planned demonstration in the capital to force Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down and call for elections. Bangladesh has come under pressure in recent months as higher food and fuel costs have eaten into foreign currency reserves, prompting Hasina’s ...

Bloomberg South Korean truck drivers voted to end a two-week strike that has disrupted supply chains of key export industries. A majority of union members who voted agreed to return to work, according to an emailed statement. That came after the government ordered striking truckers in the steel and petrochemical industries back to work. The truckers’ strike has added to ...