Politics

Bloomberg Italy may be at a turning point to end a two-month political deadlock as Five Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio signalled he’s ready to give up his quest to be prime minister as a way to begin talks with the League’s Matteo Salvini on forming a government. “I want to do a political government with the League based ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said a date and place have been set for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and will be announced soon. “We have a date, we have a location,” Trump told reporters at the White House on his way to board the Marine One presidential helicopter. Trump didn’t reveal either the date or place ...

Bloomberg Police detained hundreds of people at boisterous rallies across Russia protesting two decades of rule by President Vladimir Putin just two days before his inauguration for a record fourth term. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was dragged by his arms and legs from the Moscow protest after riot police with batons warned they would use force to break up the ...

Bloomberg Two months before he makes a controversial trip to London, US President Donald Trump compared a hospital in the UK capital to a “war zone,” suggesting the country’s anti-gun culture is contributing to a surge in stabbings. “I recently read a story that, in London, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital — right in ...

Bloomberg A judge sharply questioned whether Special Counsel Robert Mueller overstepped his authority by charging Paul Manafort with crimes unrelated to Russian election interference while also suggesting that the onetime Trump campaign chairman was indicted to coerce his cooperation against the president. US District Judge T. S. Ellis III expressed deep skepticism about whether Mueller went too far in signing ...

Bloomberg The annual defense policy bill proposed by House Republicans would bar the Pentagon from spending half the money designated for a broad-based cloud computing contract until Defense Secretary Jim Mattis offers Congress more information about the project. The report should include “a description of the characteristics and considerations for accelerating the cloud architecture and services required for a global, ...

Bloomberg Gabon’s Prime Minister Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet announced a new government days after the constitutional court forced the dissolution of the previous one, with the ruling party retaining control of key ministries. Issoze-Ngondet, who was reappointed as prime minister on May 3 by President Ali Bongo, moved Régis Immongault Tatangani, the former economy minister, to foreign affairs. He is replaced by ...

Bloomberg The prospect of a no-deal Brexit is real again. European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier is ramping up his rhetoric and officials in private worry that the risk of a messy divorce, which had receded at the end of last year, is now back. At least twice in the last week Barnier has made public warnings that talks could ...

Bloomberg Militants killed at least 14 people at the headquarters of Libya’s elections commission, Interior Minister Abdel-Salam Ashour said, in a likely symbolic strike as the fractured country edges toward potentially stabilising votes. Gunfire erupted as the attackers targeted security forces guarding the building, said Khaled el Mannai, deputy head of public relations at the commission in Tripoli. While one ...

Bloomberg Gabon’s Prime Minister Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet presented a resignation letter to President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Tuesday after the Constitutional Court dissolved the central African nation’s parliament, according to a government statement. The parliament was dissolved after an April 30 deadline to hold legislative elections lapsed. Its functions will be taken over by the Senate until the vote is held ...