Politics

Bloomberg President Donald Trump will declare China a “strategic competitor’’ to the US in a speech that lays out an official national security strategy heavily influenced by his views on trade and economic relations, senior administration officials said. The language, as described by the officials, appears softer than the label used by National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, who last week ...

Bloomberg UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson made a fresh intervention in the debate over Britain’s future relationship with the European Union, even as Prime Minister Theresa May said she won’t be derailed in her strategy. Johnson called for a “liberal Brexit” in an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper, as he said the advantages of leaving haven’t been properly outlined ...

UNITED NATIONS / Reuters The United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would insist any decisions on the status of Jerusalem have no legal effect and must be rescinded after US President Donald Trump recognised the city as Israel’s capital. The one-page Egyptian-drafted text, which was circulated to the 15-member cou-ncil and seen by Reuters, does not ...

Bloomberg Austria’s new right-wing government sought to dispel concerns over its future in Europe, pledging to remain an “integral part” of the European Union and the euro currency and ruling out a Brexit-like vote for the public. Chancellor-designate Sebastian Kurz, 31, of the conservative People’s Party, told journalists in Vienna that he’d like to “remove worries” abroad about the course ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party looks set to retain power in his home state of Gujarat, a result that’s key to sustaining momentum ahead of India’s national elections early 2019. The Bharatiya Janata Party will win 99-146 seats in the 182-seat legislature, according to five surveys published after voting closed. That’s higher than the 92 needed for a majority ...

Bloomberg South African President Jacob Zuma said the ruling African National Congress is threatened by factionalism and urged senior members vying for top party posts to consider including opponents in the new leadership that will be elected at its national conference. “Factionalism has become the biggest threat to the organization,” Zuma told about 5,000 delegates in his opening speech to ...

Bloomberg Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called out Russia and China at the UN for giving North Korea an economic lifeline, even as the top US diplomat struggled to staunch confusion over the US position on conditions for talks with Kim Jong Un’s regime. Addressing the United Nations Security Council, Tillerson said China and Russia’s refusal to sever ties with ...

WASHINGTON / YANGON / Reuters The United States has identified one person it might impose sanctions on over the brutal crackdown in Myanmar against minority Rohingya Muslims and is examining others, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said. Tillerson, who last month declared the violence against the Rohingya to be “ethnic cleansing,” has said Washington was considering “targeted sanctions” against ...

Bloomberg Vice President Mike Pence will seek to show on a trip to the Mideast next week that the Trump administration can still partner with Arab and Muslim leaders on security matters and broker peace despite the backlash following President Donald Trump’s declaration that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. Pence is expected to receive an enthusiastic welcome from leaders in Israel. ...

Bloomberg Angela Merkel said Germany needs a stable government to strengthen Europe in a world fraught with risk as her Social Democratic rivals agreed to talks that could lead to a renewed alliance with the chancellor. As she seeks to end Germany’s political stalemate and clear the way for her fourth term, Merkel argued that a EU without a strong ...