Politics

Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May has a week to find a compromise on the conflicting Brexit demands from the north and south of Ireland, and a political scandal threatening the Irish government could further undermine her chances of success. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar wants written assurances that Brexit won’t mean a return to checkpoints and towers along what will ...

Bloomberg The Catalan independence movement is divided over how to move forward as opinion polls suggest the December regional election is too close to call. While ousted President Carles Puigdemont doubled down this weekend on his pledge to make the wealthy region an independent state, his former ally Esquerra Republicana suggested the party should focus on policy instead. The clash ...

Bloomberg Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who won a new five-year term last year, said it’s time for him to step aside and let the Kremlin choose a successor. A Russian official downplayed the statement as an emotional message meant to show he’s not clinging to power, the Interfax news service reported. “There was a time when people like me were ...

Bloomberg The UK is close to running out of time in its divorce negotiations with the European Union and would be set back by missing a December deadline to resolve several thorny issues, Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson said. Failing to resolve issues such as the status of the Irish border and the payment from the UK would further ...

Bloomberg Premier Annastacia Palasz-czuk’s Labor Party is favoured to be returned to power in the Australian state of Queensland as counting continues in a weekend election that hangs in the balance. While analysts projected her party would win the highest number of seats, the result may not be known for days and the final tally could mean both major parties ...

Bloomberg Ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont pitched his candidacy ahead of next month’s regional election, doubling down on his pledge to make the region an independent state. Puigdemont, who maintains he’s the legitimate regional president after being sacked by the central government, will lead a new platform under the banner of Together for Catalonia. He said a victory at the ...

Bloomberg The US escalated its criticism of Pakistan’s decision to set free the alleged mastermind of the deadly 2008 attacks in Mumbai, with the White House warning that the move may damage bilateral relations. Hafiz Saeed, who allegedly planned attacks that left 164 people dead, had been detained at his house in Lahore without charges since January. A Pakistan High ...

Bloomberg Pakistan has called in the army to take control of violent demonstrations in the capital city, where protesters and police were killed in day-long clashes. The army moved in as a “preventive measure” after police suspended an operation to disperse a protesting religious group following the death of two officers, according to Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal. Six protesters also ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May has less than 10 days to come up with a new offer on the Brexit divorce bill if she wants to break the deadlock in negotiations before the end of the year. European Council President Donald Tusk gave May until December 4 to make extra efforts to resolve the differences between the two sides ...

Bloomberg Angela Merkel returned to the international stage with a path to her fourth term opening up and her enemies in retreat. A week that began with the collapse of coalition talks, intrigue and finger-pointing ended with the chancellor telling her European Union partners that Germany is back to business as usual. The Social Democrats, her government partner during two ...