Politics

Bloomberg Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the UK isn’t prepared to align itself with EU laws as part of their post-Brexit relationship, pushing back against reports his government is exploring the potential for Switzerland-style ties with the bloc. “Under my leadership the United Kingdom will not pursue any relationship with Europe that relies on alignment with EU laws,” Sunak said ...

  Bloomberg Poland’s defense chief welcomed a German offer to deploy Patriot missiles in the country and proposed stationing the defense system near its border with Ukraine. Germany made the offer less than a week after a missile strike killed two people in a village in eastern Poland, raising fears of a significant escalation between Nato and Russia nine months ...

Bloomberg Powerful explosions shook the area around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant over the past day, causing damage at the site, the United Nations atomic agency said. Damage was seen at several buildings and equipment, though none so far has been critical to nuclear safety and security, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on its website, citing plant management. More ...

Bloomberg Turkey carried out air strikes against US-backed Kurdish militant groups in Iraq and northern Syria in retaliation for a deadly bombing that targeted civilians in Istanbul a week ago. The offensive could shore up flagging domestic support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the 2023 election. Yet it risks stoking tensions with Washington, which supports Kurdish forces ...

Bloomberg Two Malaysian coalitions said they’re confident of getting enough support from outside their existing alliances to form a new government after the country’s first-ever hung parliament. Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan coalition got the most parliamentary seats — 82 of 220 — in Saturday’s vote, with former premier Muhyiddin Yassin’s Perikatan Nasional not far behind at 73. Prime Minister Ismail ...

Bloomberg President Xi Jinping started his week overseas mending ties with the US, and ended it with European leaders making the case for resisting the Biden administration’s sweeping chip curbs on China. The shift in sentiment amounts to a victory for Xi on just his second foray outside of China since the pandemic began —a span that had seen Beijing’s ...

  Bloomberg US Vice President Kamala Harris and China’s Xi Jinping met briefly on the sidelines of an Asian summit, in another signal of easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Harris said in a tweet that she used the exchange at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum Saturday in Bangkok to stress the need for open lines of communication ...

Bloomberg North Korea test-fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile with an estimated range long enough to carry a warhead to the American mainland, prompting the US to condemn what it said was an unlawful action. The North Korean missile was launched Friday, a day after Pyongyang warned the US to halt allied military drills in the region or face retribution. ...

Bloomberg Vice President Kamala Harris tried to persuade Asian nations that the US is their most valuable economic partner in a speech in Bangkok on Friday, with the Biden administration wary of China’s inroads in the region. Harris sought to allay doubts about the US commitment to the region among its leaders, after a turbulent period that saw former President ...

Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asserted their desire to improve relations and agreed to reopen lines of communication in the first meeting of the leaders of Asia’s two largest economies in three years. Xi expressed a willingness to work with Japan to maintain a stable relationship at their summit Thursday on the sidelines of ...