Bloomberg Rodrigo Duterte’s popularity fell last month by the most since he became Philippine president in June 2016 after minors were killed in his deadly drug war and allegations surfaced of hidden wealth. Duterte’s net satisfaction rating fell 18 percentage points to 48 percent, according to a Social Weather Stations survey of 1,500 adults from Sept. 23 to 27. His ...

Bloomberg Talks to form New Zealand’s next government have begun in earnest after final election results showed both main parties could form viable coalitions. The ruling National Party and Labour opposition started separate negotiations on Sunday in Wellington with the nationalist New Zealand First Party, whose support both require to reach a majority in parliament. New Zealand First leader Winston ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration will formally propose repealing former President Barack Obama’s sweeping plan for curbing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by arguing it went beyond the bounds of federal law, according to documents obtained by Bloomberg News. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not prescribe an immediate replacement to the plan, and instead will soon ask the public ...