Politics

Bloomberg Kenyan opposition supporters began protests in the western city of Kisumu to press their demands for an overhaul of the electoral authority before a rerun of an annulled presidential election. Police fired teargas to disperse National Super Alliance protesters, while anti-riot police were stationed outside the headquarters of the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission in the capital, Nairobi, in ...

Bloomberg Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fell in two polls released on Monday, three weeks before a general election where Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike’s new Party of Hope threatens to eat into his majority. The premier’s approval rate dropped below his disapproval rate in polls by Kyodo News and the Asahi newspaper. Almost 46 percent of respondents to ...

Bloomberg Spain’s government will consider using all means at its disposal to uphold the law in Catalonia, the justice minister said, praising the police for their “exemplary” action in defense of the constitution. “We have always said that we would use all the force of the law and all the mechanisms that the constitution and laws grant to the government,” ...

Bloomberg The minority government of Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa received a boost after his Socialist Party gained in national municipal elections. Two years before the next general election is due, the Socialists took 38 percent of the vote and 157 town halls with 99.8 percent of the country’s voting districts reporting, according to the government’s election website. Turnout was ...

Bloomberg As the Palestinian Authority attempts to reassert control over the Gaza Strip this week, Hamas’s refusal to give up its guns is feeding doubts that a unity deal can take root. The authority’s prime minister, Rami Hamdallah, led a parade of senior officials from the West Bank on Monday to take over ministries that have been operated by Hamas ...

Bloomberg Spanish police in riot gear smashed in the doors of polling stations and dragged protesters away by the hair, beating some with batons and firing rubber bullets at others on Sunday as they tried to shut down an illegal referendum on independence in Catalonia. Despite the force of the police against peaceful demonstrations, voting began in many locations across ...

Bloomberg Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said the government won’t allow Africa’s most populous country to break apart amid growing calls for secession by “irresponsible” groups. “We cannot and will not allow such advocacy,” Buhari said in a national broadcast on Sunday to mark Nigeria’s 57th anniversary as an independent nation. “At all events, proper dialogue and any desired constitutional changes ...

Bloomberg Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte dismissed allegations he’s hiding hundreds of millions of pesos in his bank accounts, calling them “lies” and vowing to snub a probe into his wealth initiated by the country’s top anti-graft agency. In a profanity-laced speech before lawyers in his hometown of Davao City, Duterte said his lifetime savings don’t exceed $786,0000. The savings come ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May is battling to assert her authority over a divided Conservative Party as she faces calls to quit as its leader before the next general election. While May insists she will fight on, a former party chairman said she could not be allowed to stay until the next election in 2022, amid reports that Foreign ...

Bloomberg Europe’s disaster-relief chief leans back in a chair in his Brussels office and fires off a warning: President Donald Trump’s plan to slash US international aid could undermine global geopolitical stability—and threaten America’s interests. The admonition by Christos Stylianides, the European Union commissioner for crisis management, highlights the extent to which Europe is grappling with Trump’s “America First” policy. ...