Politics

Bloomberg It’s Brexit, and not Warsaw’s escalating conflict with the European Union over democratic values, that presents a bigger threat to inflows of the bloc’s assistance to Poland, according to the government official in charge of funds absorption. While the EU’s executive is set to move ahead this week with plans to slap unprecedented political sanctions on Poland, Deputy Development ...

Bloomberg Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Donald Trump for the second time in four days, this time to thank the US president for Central Intelligence Agency information that lead to the breakup of a suspected IS cell. The information helped disrupt a group that had been planning to blow up Kazan Cathedral and other locations around St. Petersburg, according ...

NEW DELHI / Reuters A dozen Arab ambassadors have asked India to clarify its position on the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, diplomatic sources said, after New Delhi’s muted response suggested a shift in support for the Palestinian cause. US President Donald Trump abruptly reversed decades of US policy this month when he recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, ...

Bloomberg Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is seeking to use victory in a weekend special election to kick-start his ailing government and draw a line under a difficult 2017. His ruling Liberal-National coalition reclaimed its one-seat parliamentary majority, lost during this year’s dual-nationality fiasco, after John Alexander won the Sydney-based seat of Bennelong. While the victory is a relief for ...

Bloomberg Billionaire Sebastian Pinera swept to victory in the second round of Chile’s presidential election, putting him back in charge of Latin America’s wealthiest country after four years of anemic growth that drew millions of voters to his pro-business agenda. It was a victory for those who believe fervently in growth first — and equality second — and it was ...

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 ...