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May faces further Tory showdown over Brexit

Bloomberg Theresa May’s long-running battle with her divided Conservative Party took a potentially more dangerous turn, as one of her former ministers began assembling lawmakers to vote against her Brexit plans. Euroskeptic Tories are angry that the prime minister wants to keep the UK closely tied to the European Union’s single market after leaving the bloc. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson ...

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US judge demands update on reuniting migrant kids

Bloomberg A federal judge wants an update on Monday on government efforts to reunify children separated from their families at the US-Mexico border, after he demanded more cooperation from the Trump administration. Judge Dana Sabraw wrote that the US Department of Health and Human Services “either doesn’t understand the court’s order, or is acting in defiance of the order.” He ...

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Philippine’s Duterte push to alter constitution bombs with voters

Bloomberg Two-thirds of Filipino voters remain opposed to President Rodrigo Duterte’s push to change the constitution and give more power to regional governments, according to a new poll. The Pulse Asia Research Inc. survey conducted last month found that 62 percent of voters rejected federalism and 67 percent opposed changing the constitution, although 28 percent said they might be open ...

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