Politics

Bloomberg Election officials in Mali are due to start counting ballot papers after a presidential runoff that observers say was mostly peaceful, even as sporadic incidents of violence broke out in regions where the nation is battling militancy. Voters decided whether President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita should win a second five-year mandate after securing 41 percent of the votes in the ...

Bloomberg As public pressure mounts on Israeli leaders to crush rocket barrages from the Gaza Strip, they’re opting to try the diplomatic route while a greater threat looms: Iran’s presence in postwar Syria. To keep his military focussed on the northern front, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pursuing a long-term truce with Hamas, the militant group that rules the Gaza ...

Bloomberg Italian Deputy PM Luigi Di Maio says the country won’t be subject to an attack by speculators, after a leading figure from his coalition partner said the Italian and European establishment want to “abort” Italy’s populist government. “I don’t see a real risk that this government will be attacked, it’s more a wish of the opposition,” Di Maio said ...

Bloomberg Tunisia’s president backed a call for women to be granted equal inheritance rights, breaking with a legal code followed in many Muslim nations that strongly favours male heirs. The proposal, laid out by Beji Caid Essebsi in a televised address marking national women’s day, was first suggested by a committee which had deliberated on the issue for about a ...

Bloomberg With the European Union gearing up for legislative elections in 2019, the battle between EU supporters and opponents is shaping up to be a lot like many of the contests in this summer’s soccer World Cup: back and forth, passionate and down to the wire. Last year’s election of French President Emmanuel Macron and fourth-term victory of German Chancellor ...

Bloomberg Police in Manchester say 10 people have been hospitalised as the result of a shooting after a Caribbean carnival in the city. Greater Manchester police say the injuries range from “minor to major” but most don’t appear to be life-threatening. The shooting was reported about 2:30 am on Sunday. Detective Superintendent Debbie Dooley says police are trying to establish ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump is embracing financial-market pain to get what he wants around the world, showing again the penchant for turmoil that is his trademark in US politics. His decision to double steel and aluminum tariffs on a Turkish economy already reeling from a currency crisis came just days after imposing new sanctions on Russia, creating market havoc in ...

Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged European Union nations to confront racist attitudes, and called for a joint approach to tackle the challenges posed by the inflows of migrants. “The racist tendencies that we see lamentably in all the member states is something we have to fight against,” Merkel said in a meeting in southern Spain with Spanish Prime Minister ...

Bloomberg Voters in Mali were expected to decide on Sunday whether President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita wins a second mandate even as criticism mounts over his failure to tackle a rising tide of extremism violence. Known as IBK, 73-year-old Keita won the first round of presidential elections on July 29 with 41 percent of the votes, securing a comfortably large margin ...

Bloomberg Iranians bracing for tougher times now that the US has renewed sanctions are taking a jab at officials over government spending and nepotism. A social media campaign under the hashtag #where_is_your_kid? is asking officials to explain privileges their families enjoy. The campaign, launched last week, was prompted by photos that circulated online showing some of the officials’ children wearing ...