Bloomberg Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, emerged as voters’ top choice to lead the Southeast Asian nation ahead of the next general election tentatively scheduled in May, according to an opinion poll. Paetongtarn, who is widely tipped to be the prime minister candidate of the nation’s largest opposition party Pheu Thai, got 34% backing of ...

Bloomberg In the days after the assault on the US Capitol, some members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet talked about asking him to resign or invoking the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove him from office, according to testimony. Michael Pompeo, Trump’s secretary of state, told investigators for the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack that Labor Secretary Eugene ...

  Bloomberg Fiji has elected Sitiveni Rabuka as the nation’s prime minister, ending the 16-year rule of Frank Bainimarama. Rabuka gained 28 ballots to his predecessor’s 27 to become the new leader in a parliamentary vote, more than a week after a national election where no party held a majority of seats. While Rabuka’s party won fewer seats than Bainimarama’s, ...