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UK leader change would be damaging: Dowden

Bloomberg Changing UK leader now would be “seriously damaging to the country,” the chairman of the ruling Conservative Party said as calls continue for PM Boris Johnson to resign. Oliver Dowden told Sky News he expects Johnson to lead the party into the next general election, expected in about two years. Johnson will face a parliamentary ethics inquiry into his past ...

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Slovenian PM faces possible ouster in vote

Bloomberg Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa is fighting an uphill battle in elections that may rid the European Union of a leader who has challenged its democratic values. Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, and as fellow EU member France votes over whether to give President Emmanuel Macron a new term or replace him with right-wing standard bearer ...

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Tokyo, Seoul look to salve ties that festered under Moon

Bloomberg Japan and South Korea look set to try to revive a relationship that has hit new depths in recent years, with President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol offering an olive branch to Tokyo weeks before US President Joe Biden is likely to visit both countries. Yoon, who takes office on May 10, is sending a group of South Korean lawmakers and ...

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