Politics

Bloomberg Human rights advocates in the former Soviet neighbors of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia won the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to fight authoritarian regimes as Europe’s worst military confrontation since World War II is roiling the region. Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, Memorial of Russia and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties were awarded the 10-million Swedish kronor ($900,000) prize ...

Bloomberg President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said Greece should take his warnings seriously about Turkey’s response to any threats, resorting to the menacing rhetoric he’s used in recent months that’s prompted the US to urge the two Nato allies to negotiate. Ties between Turkey and Greece have been strained for years over territorial conflicts in the east Mediterranean, but ...

  Bloomberg French state-controlled uranium producer Orano SA is considering growing its capacity to enrich the radioactive ore into nuclear fuel by almost 50% as Western governments and utilities seek to reduce their reliance on Russia since its attack on Ukraine. The war is “reviving the urgency” to raise Western uranium-enrichment capacity to avoid potential shortages, Orano said, according to ...

Bloomberg North Korea’s latest barrage of missiles may look like another attempt to ratchet up hostilities in return for some sort of leverage at the bargaining table. But the launches over the past two weeks seem different. Unlike previous provocations, his regime has mostly refrained from trumpeting the missiles along with the usual creative vitriol directed at the US and ...

  Bloomberg A mass shooting that began with a daycare center in northeastern Thailand left 38 people dead, the majority of them children, according to officials. A 34-year-old former cop used an automatic weapon to fire at the center located in Nong Bua Lamphu province near Thailand’s border with Laos on Thursday afternoon, killing 24 children, Jackrapat Wijitwaitaya, a local ...

  Bloomberg North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward waters where a US aircraft carrier had been deployed, ratcheting up tensions in the region. The missile launches off North Korea’s east coast Thursday added to one of its biggest barrage of tests under leader Kim Jong Un, including its first launch of a rocket over Japan in five ...

Bloomberg Poland has spoken to the US about sharing atomic weapons to counter the growing threat from Russia, President Andrzej Duda said, after the Kremlin stepped up nuclear saber-rattling over Ukraine. The biggest eastern European Nato member has been ramping up military spending following Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, but until now officials haven’t said they’ve spoken with allies seeking ...

Bloomberg Taiwan pledged to work closely with the US and other allies to prevent China’s military from acquiring state-of-the-art technology, as Washington steps up efforts to contain the world’s No. 2 economy. Taiwan, home to the world’s largest semiconductor foundry, will keep its advanced chip development at home, while adopting measures to stop its tech from being used by the ...

Bloomberg A Myanmar military-linked party has named a close ally of junta chief Min Aung Hlaing as its leader, a sign the country is gearing up for national elections next year. The Union Solidarity and Development Party’s executive members elected Khin Yi as the new chairman to replace Than Htay who resigned due to his health. The party had also ...

  Bloomberg Ethiopia’s government accepted an invitation by the African Union to talks about ending the nation’s two-year civil war. The continental body invited Ethiopia’s government and dissident Tigray fighters to talks in South Africa scheduled for October 8, according to a copy of the letter seen by Bloomberg that was verified by an African Union official. South African Department ...