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Trump’s Asia hurdles rise as Pompeo gets snubbed

Bloomberg Secretary of State Michael Pompeo flew to Asia to shore up a weakening sanctions regime on North Korea, nail down a date for a future summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un and assuage Chinese officials days after Vice President Mike Pence lambasted their country. Things didn’t go as planned. Instead, Pompeo found himself facing the limits of his ...

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Nikki Haley to leave as UN ambassador at year’s end: Trump

Bloomberg Nikki Haley will leave her job as US ambassador to the United Nations at the end of the year, President Donald Trump said at the White House on Tuesday. Trump said Haley told him six months ago she wanted a break after spending two years in the post. “She’s done a fantastic job and we’ve done a fantastic job ...

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Macron keeps France guessing on extent of cabinet overhaul

Bloomberg Emmanuel Macron is keeping France in the dark about how extensive a cabinet overhaul he’s planning to give a new impulse to his presidency. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe spent almost two hours meeting with President Macron on Tuesday morning, with no announcement made afterwards. Philippe had been expected to tender his gove- rnment’s resignation, with the list of new ...

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