Politics

Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promoted his 28-year-old sister to the ruling party’s political wing, bringing her closer to the center of power and tightening the family’s control on the regime. The promotion of Kim Yo Jong took place at a Workers’ Party convention in Pyongyang, where Kim Jong Un called for continuing nuclear-arms development to defend ...

Bloomberg Rodrigo Duterte’s popularity fell last month by the most since he became Philippine president in June 2016 after minors were killed in his deadly drug war and allegations surfaced of hidden wealth. Duterte’s net satisfaction rating fell 18 percentage points to 48 percent, according to a Social Weather Stations survey of 1,500 adults from Sept. 23 to 27. His ...

Bloomberg Talks to form New Zealand’s next government have begun in earnest after final election results showed both main parties could form viable coalitions. The ruling National Party and Labour opposition started separate negotiations on Sunday in Wellington with the nationalist New Zealand First Party, whose support both require to reach a majority in parliament. New Zealand First leader Winston ...

Bloomberg Syrian rebels backed by Turkey are engaged in a “serious operation” in the country’s Idlib province, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, part of a joint mission with Russia and Iran to monitor a ceasefire agreement and pacify a rebel stronghold in northwest Syria. Turkey also beefed up troops on the border since the three countries agreed to establish a ...

Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel outlined her post-election agenda, saying she’ll seek a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Greens while keeping her options open on further integration of the euro area. Thirteen days after an election that sent support for her Christian Democratic Union-led (CDU) bloc to the lowest level since 1949, Merkel faced criticism of her ...

Bloomberg Police detained activists in several Russian cities as supporters of opposition leader Alexey Navalny heeded his call to turn out on Saturday for nationwide protests to mark President Vladimir Putin’s birthday. Navalny, who’s serving a 20-day sentence for organising an illegal demonstration, recently has drawn thousands of people to a series of campaign events across Russia in support of ...

Bloomberg Demonstrators dressed in white gathered outside city halls in Barcelona, Madrid and across Spain on Saturday to demand that sparring sides in the country’s constitutional crisis move back from the brink. “Let’s talk” said the banners and flags at Sant Jaume square in Barcelona and around Madrid’s Cibeles fountain. The words, written in Spanish and Catalonian, were the top-trending ...

Bloomberg The European Union has been meeting more frequently with the UK’s opposition Labour Party as doubts grow over whether Prime Minister Theresa May will remain in her post through the conclusion of Brexit negotiations, the Daily Telegraph reported without saying where it got the information. As May brushed off calls from some Conservative Party members this week to resign, ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May is being urged to shake up her Cabinet and fire Boris Johnson to show she’s in charge, according to people familiar with the situation, as Tories demand an end to the government infighting that threatens to bring chaos to Brexit. Officials in May’s party, speaking on condition of anonymity, say she should act now ...

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump was expected to engage in one of the sad rituals of the modern presidency on Wednesday in Las Vegas: consoling survivors of a gunman’s rampage and confronting recurring questions of whether restrictions on firearms can prevent another tragedy. While the president said he was looking forward to “paying our respects and condolences,” he and most ...