Politics

Bloomberg President Donald Trump warned nations against challenging the US as he rallied American tro- ops in Japan on the first stop of his 12-day tour of Asia. Speaking to US and Japanese military personnel on Sunday at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, Trump said he would push for freedom in the region and fair trade in meetings with ...

Bloomberg Ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and four other regional ministers who have outstanding arrest warrants presented themselves voluntarily to Belgian police on Sunday, the VRT public broadcaster reported. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy invoked constitutional powers last month to reassert his authority over Catalonia and fire Puigdemont and his government. Since then, eight politicians and two activists have been ...

Bloomberg Slovaks voted for independent and opposition candidates in regional elections, delivering a surprise defeat to the popular ruling party and the far right forces in the post-communist European Union member. Premier Robert Fico’s Smer party will lead two of eight regional governments after four of its incumbent candidates lost their races, according to the results of the ballot posted ...

Bloomberg Six months ago Sao Paulo Mayor Joao Doria revealed unbridled presidential ambitions, travelling the country and the world professing an aggressive pro-market agenda and a management style with the slogan “Speed It Up.” In an interview in his Sao Paulo office this week he struck a more humble, down-to-earth tone, talking about the need to do more in his ...

Bloomberg Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe wouldn’t hesitate to dismiss Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa from his post and said that Mnangagwa’s supporters should form their own party if they don’t want Mugabe to lead the country. “If I made a mistake by appointing Mnangagwa, tell me. I will remove him,” Mugabe told a rally in the city of Bulawayo that was ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said that he will add a day to the end of his five-nation tour of Asia, saying he would now stay for “the most important day” of a regional summit. The president had been scheduled to return to the US on Nov. 13, a day before the start of the East Asia Summit, the traditional venue ...

Bloomberg Lebanon’s prime minister Saad al-Hariri resigned on Saturday, saying he believed there was an assassination plot against him and accusing Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of sowing strife in the Arab world. His resignation shatters a coalition government form-ed last year after years of political deadlock, and which was seen as representing a victory for Shi’ite Hezbollah and ...

Bloomberg A Spanish court issued an international arrest warrant for self-exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four others, ramping up pressure on the separatist campaign and buffeting Madrid’s plans to dampen support for the movement. National Court Judge Carmen Lamela wrote in her ruling that the separatists promoted “violent force” and incited “insurrection.” Minutes after her order was made public, ...

Bloomberg Six months ago Sao Paulo Mayor Joao Doria revealed unbridled presidential ambitions, travelling the country and the world professing an aggressive pro-market agenda and an management style with the slogan “Speed It Up.” In an interview in his Sao Paulo office this week he struck a more humble, down-to-earth tone, talking about the need to do more in his ...

Bloomberg Kenya’s main opposition alliance called for a boycott of three of the country’s biggest companies, including mobile operator Safaricom Ltd., to press its demands for electoral reform. The National Super Alliance said its supporters should also spurn Brookside Dairies Ltd., part-owned by Danone SA of France, and closely held Bidco Oil Refineries Ltd., a Nairobi-based manufacturer of edible oils. ...