Bloomberg Pyongyang won’t dismantle its nuclear weapons until it has “sufficient trust” with the US, North Korea’s top diplomat told the United Nations General Assembly, pressuring the Trump administration to drop its “coercive methods” such as sanctions. The remarks by North Korea Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho underscored lingering friction between the nations amid signs their diplomats have resumed talks ...

Bloomberg The death toll from a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi climbed to more than 800, with casualties expected to reach into the thousands as authorities try to reach those trapped under collapsed buildings. Local media reports quoted Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla as saying that he expected the toll to grow as he ...

Bloomberg With Brazil heading into a two-horse presidential race between left and right, centrist candidates are losing their allies and millions of moderate voters are frustrated and at a loss as to whom to support. Former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers’ Party over the past fortnight has more than doubled his support and is closing in ...