Bloomberg Two of Tunisia’s main parties criticised the arrest of a media mogul-turned presidential candidate on tax evasion changes and raised questions over the role of the judiciary in the North African nation’s politics. Nabil Karoui, the owner of Nessma TV and a self-proclaimed champion of the poor, was detained after the issuing of an arrest warrant in a case ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong police deployed water cannons for the first time after firing multiple volleys of tear gas at protesters as social unrest continued for the 12th weekend in the Asian financial centre. Police and protesters were involved in several standoffs in the western New Territories district of Tsuen Wan on Sunday. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam held a ...

Bloomberg Taylor Swift said US President Donald Trump probably thinks of the US as an “autocracy” and that she has become disillusioned with the state of American politics in an interview with The Guardian newspaper. The criticism of the president is unusually pointed for the singer, who for years declined to publicise her political beliefs. She now says she regrets ...