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Johnson says disastrous to try to reverse Brexit

Bloomberg Boris Johnson kicks off Prime Minister Theresa May’s “Road Map to Brexit” with an appeal to supporters of European Union membership to embrace the UK’s future outside the bloc—though extracts released late last night suggest his speech won’t be as conciliatory as billed. The foreign secretary, a divisive figure who toured the country in a red bus during the ...

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NKorea should be kept ‘under siege’: Japan

Bloomberg South Korea must stay in line with US and Japanese plans to keep North Korea “under siege,” the chairman of Japan’s lower house committee on foreign affairs said, referring to the policy of maintaining maximum pressure on Kim Jong Un’s regime. Just days after Kim’s smiling sister invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to a summit with her brother ...

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Kenyan Attorney General quits after legal missteps

Bloomberg Kenyan Attorney General Githu Muigai resigned after a six-and-a-half year tenure marked by missteps including changing the country’s electoral law before a disputed presidential vote. President Uhuru Kenyatta nominated Appeals Court President Paul Kihara Kariuki as Muigai’s replacement, according to a statement on his Twitter account. Kenyatta also moved Solicitor General Njee Muturi into the presidency as deputy chief ...

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