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New Zealand to change gun laws after mosque massacre

Bloomberg New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she will change gun laws as the country reels from a terrorist attack at two mosques that left 49 people dead and several still fighting for their lives. “While the nation grapples with a form of grief and anger that we have not experienced before, we are seeking answers,” Ardern told a ...

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Indonesia’s anti-graft agency names key Joko Widodo ally as suspect

Bloomberg The head of an Indonesian political party backing President Joko Widodo’s bid for a second term has been named a suspect in a graft case involving job postings at the Religious Affairs Ministry. A politician only identified by his initials RMY, and two ministry officials are suspects, said Laode Muhammad Syarif, deputy of the Corruption Eradication Commission, in a ...

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Trump issues first veto on bill to block border emergency

Bloomberg President Donald Trump issued his first veto, rejecting Congress’s effort to cancel his declaration of a national emergency to pay for a wall on the US-Mexico border, a centerpiece of his 2016 campaign. “Congress passed a dangerous resolution that, if signed into law, would put countless Americans in danger,” Trump said just before signing the veto in the Oval ...

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