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US to leave in place N Korea-related sanctions on Chinese shipping firms

Bloomberg The US will leave in place North Korea-related sanctions on two Chinese shipping companies, and President Donald Trump has no plans to impose additional penalties on Kim Jong-un’s government, according to two people familiar with the matter. The two people, who were granted anonymity to discuss the issue, spoke hours after Trump threw US sanctions policy towards North Korea ...

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Trump Jr. escapes Mueller Russia probe

Bloomberg Special Counsel Robert Mueller ended his probe without indicting one of its most politically sensitive subjects: Donald Trump Jr. A key episode in Mueller’s 22-month probe into Russian election meddling was a secret meeting that the president’s eldest son took at Trump Tower in Manhattan in 2016 with a Russian lawyer connected to the Kremlin on the promise of ...

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UK cabinet ministers war-gaming the fall of May

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May is confronting what could be the end of her premiership as the near impossible task of delivering a Brexit deal cracks her fragile government apart. In the past two weeks, May has lost the trust of her cabinet ministers, infuriated members of parliament on all sides, and been told to her face a growing ...

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