Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s equivocation on US intelligence agencies during a news conference with Russian leader Vladimir Putin triggered the most intense backlash from Republicans of anything he’s done since winning election in 2016. Republicans who looked past the release of his recorded his refusal to denounce neo-Nazi protesters, or complained but took no substantive action when he imposed tariffs ...

Bloomberg Support for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has rebounded after Cyril Ramaphosa replaced Jacob Zuma as party leader and president to the point that it’s likely to easily retain its outright majority in next year’s elections, an opinion poll shows. Sixty percent of 3,738 adults interviewed between April 20 and June 7 by research company Ipsos said they ...

Bloomberg Pakistan Peoples Party co-Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said his father and former President Asif Ali Zardari will be the party’s candidate for prime minister after the national elections scheduled to be held on July 25. “He is the best choice as most likely there will be a coalition government as a result of the elections,” Bilawal said at a ...