Politics

Bloomberg This could be a deadly month for Theresa May. Unpopular at home and in Brussels, the British leader will try to restore order with a Cabinet lock-in at her country estate that’s been dubbed the body bag summit. May’s aim is to force a decision on how dramatic a split to seek from the European Union. Businesses want the ...

Bloomberg Bickering within Zimbabwe’s opposition alliance is weakening its chances of ousting the ruling party in this month’s elections, the southern African nation’s first since Robert Mugabe ended his 37-year rule in November. The High Court is hearing a case brought by Thokozani Khupe, former vice president of the main opposition group, the Movement for Democratic Change, that she and ...

Bloomberg Mexicans head to ballot stations on Sunday to elect a president and they’re set to hand power to a left-wing leader for the first time in decades, in a revolt against entrenched corruption, crime and poverty. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador appears headed for a landslide win that could also give him majorities in both houses of Congress — a ...

Bloomberg The party of ousted Malaysian PM Najib Razak has chosen his ex-deputy, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, as its new president to lead reform after a shock election loss in May ended its six-decade rule. Zahid won with at least 78 votes in the first open contest for the presidency of United Malays National Organisation, Secretary-General Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor told ...

Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel is about to find out whether party rebels against her migration policy are ready to back off or will push ahead with a political crisis that could deprive her of a parliamentary majority. After weeks of tension stoked by a Bavarian regional party that’s threatening to send back more asylum seekers at the border, its ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump spent June 30 engaged in a deep dive into the backgrounds of the top prospects to fill an opening on the US Supreme Court but hasn’t begun interviews with the finalists. Trump is at his Bedminster, New Jersey, private golf club. He’s been studying the rulings, judicial philosophies and temperaments of his short list, said an ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May is under mounting pressure as she prepares for a crunch meeting this week aimed at ending the war inside her cabinet over Brexit. May, facing criticism from both the pro- and anti-Brexit wings of her ruling Conservative party, is planning talks with ministers at her countryside retreat on July 6 to thrash out an ...

Bloomberg US intelligence agencies believe that North Korea has increased its production of fuel for nuclear weapons at multiple secret sites in recent months, NBC reported, citing unidentified American officials. The NBC report quoted US officials who said they believe that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may try to hide those facilities as he seeks more concessions in nuclear talks ...

Bloomberg A permanent ceasefire pact reached between South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar has not stopped fighting on the ground, with at least 15 civilians killed in a single incident, an army spokesman said. Rebels attacked government positions in Southern Liech and Northern Liech States in the Greater Upper Nile region between 2 am and 5 ...

Bloomberg Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the State of Palestine, rejected an offer to hold a joint meeting with US presidential adviser Jared Kushner and other Arab leaders, Al Hayat reported, citing diplomatic sources. The president saw the offer as an American maneuver to pressure the Palestinians into accepting a peace plan on Israel’s terms and achieving the “real objective” ...