Politics

Bloomberg Barbara Bush, the wife of one US president and mother of another who embodied the old-fashioned sensibility that family comes before careers or politics, has died. She was 92. She died on April 17, according to a statement from family spokesman Jim McGrath. No cause was given. Bush, who was in “failing health,” decided to no longer seek medical ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida / Reuters US President Donald Trump and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe were expected to seek common ground on how to deal with North Korea’s nuclear challenge amid fears in Tokyo that Trump might be prone to make too many concessions. Abe is due to arrive at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago retreat in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday for ...

Bloomberg South and North Korea are discussing plans to announce an official end to the military conflict between the two countries that are still technically at war, the Munhwa Ilbo newspaper reported, citing an unidentified South Korean official. At next week’s summit between South Korea President Moon Jae-in and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, the two neighbors may release ...

Bloomberg Russia is using compromised computer-network equipment to attack US and British companies and government agencies, the two countries warned in an unprecedented joint alert. The warning came from the US Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation and Britain’s National Cyber Security Center. It included advice to companies about how to protect themselves and warned specifically of ...

Bloomberg International investigators will head on Wednesday to the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria that provoked a US-led missile strike. A United Nations security team will inspect the route to Douma, a suburb of the capital, Damascus, before the fact-finding mission from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OCPW) goes there, Tass reported, citing ...

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron gave an unabashed defense of the EU in its political heart, urging the bloc to reject nationalism, deepen integration and promote free trade in the face of US protectionism. In his first appearance at the European Parliament since being elected France’s head of state last year, Macron said divisions in the 28-nation EU evoke a ...

Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she plans to meet with President Vladimir Putin in the “foreseeable future” after military strikes in Syria widened a rift between Russia and the west. Merkel made the proposal after speaking by phone with Putin earlier on Tuesday, when they discussed Syria as well as the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project from Russia ...

Bloomberg A few weeks ago, Donald Trump invited Vladimir Putin to meet — maybe even at the White House. After US-led missile strikes in Syria, the two nations’ officials can’t get into the same room without insulting each other. Speaking at an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council, hours after the US, France and the UK launched missiles ...

Bloomberg Theresa May has conceded that lawmakers should have a retrospective debate — and possibly a vote — on her decision to take part in the bombing of Syria with the US and France. After the British prime minister and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson both said that there was no need for such a vote, May’s office said that she ...

Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel’s attempts to engage President Donald Trump just got harder. Trump lavished praise on the UK and France at the weekend “for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military,” after they joined the US in hitting Syrian targets. All Merkel earned was US criticism for not taking part. “Germany should have joined this P3 group, ...