Politics

Bloomberg Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, said his scheduled closed-door appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee was postponed at the panel’s request. Cohen, who has a long relationship with the president, told reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday he will return to answer questions. “I’ll be back and look forward to giving all the information” that the committee ...

Bloomberg A United Nations commission urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate possible crimes against humanity committed in Burundi, saying it had compiled a list of alleged perpetrators of violence during the country’s two-year crisis. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has reasonable grounds to believe “serious human-rights violations and abuses” have been committed in the East African ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May is locked in a battle with Boris Johnson that could alter the course of her Brexit strategy, with her top diplomat dangling the option of stepping down. The Daily Telegraph, a Conservative-leaning newspaper for which Johnson used to write, reported that he was ready to resign before the weekend if May embraces a “Swiss ...

Bloomberg Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said her government was ready to welcome back Rohingya refugees who fled a crackdown by security forces over the past month. “We condemn all human rights violations and unlawful violence,” Suu Kyi said on Tuesday in a rare televised English-language address from the capital Naypyidaw. “We are committed to the restoration of peace, ...

Bloomberg An upsurge in fake news, hate speech and ethnic-profiling after Kenya’s Supreme Court nullified the presidential election risks undermining the East African country’s constitution and institutions, the embassies of the US, UK and 14 other nations said. Kenyan authorities should hold to account those responsible for incitement and ensure the safety of those wrongly attacked, including people working at ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump, who derided the United Nations as a “club for people to get together, talk and have a good time” after his election, is surprising veterans of the global body by leaning on it to help carry out his foreign policy agenda. From pushing the Security Council to tighten sanctions on North Korea to forging a partnership ...

Bloomberg A weakened Hurricane Jose could graze the Northeast as Hurricane Maria tears through the Caribbean, gaining strength and possibly heading toward the US in a week. Jose will probably be downgraded to a tropical storm as it comes close to Massachusetts on Wednesday—threatening shipping and real estate along the East Coast—before veering farther out into the Atlantic, the US ...

Bloomberg Europe and China are stepping up their coordination in the battle against global warming, a top EU official said, as the US mulls re-engaging in a landmark Paris agreement to cut greenhouse gases. The 28-nation European Union will press ahead with efforts to protect the environment by shifting to a low-carbon economy and reducing dependency on fossil fuels, said ...

Bloomberg Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is again the focus in British politics after his challenge of Prime Minister Theresa May sparked a round of speculation over whether he’s willing to resign if she softens her stance on the Brexit bill or if he could be fired for insubordination. Both May and her top diplomat will be New York this week ...

Bloomberg Emmanuel Macron is aiming to show France can still punch its weight. After North Korea tested a nuclear weapon this month, the French President took time out of a state visit to Greece to lobby China’s Xi Jinping on ratcheting up sanctions. He’d already spoken to the leaders of Germany, the UK and Italy on the issue and in ...