Bloomberg North Korea told the US that sanctions and pressure — as evident from the past — won’t work to force the country into action on its nuclear programme. “The US should realise before it is too late that ‘maximum pressure’ would not work against us and take a sincere approach to implementing the Singapore DPRK-US Joint Statement,” the country’s ...

Bloomberg South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) postponed its conference on finalising lists for elections next year to give provinces time to conclude the process, the party said. The conference would be rescheduled to January 4-5 from this weekend to accommodate the North West province, which hadn’t submitted its nominations, ANC acting spokesman Dakota Legeote said by phone. The ...

Bloomberg Georgia’s first woman president took office on Sunday after a rancorous vote that triggered allegations of election fraud from the losing candidate. French-born Salome Zurabishvili, an ex-Georgian foreign minister, was sworn in as the Caucasus republic’s fifth president at a ceremony at a former royal residence in the eastern city of Telavi, about 95 kilometres (59 miles) from the ...