Bloomberg Chinese authorities have taken over the US consulate in Chengdu following its closure, the latest historic milestone marking the deterioration in relations between Washington and Beijing. The US lowered its flag over the American consulate in the southwest Chinese city on Monday, less than three days after the US government forced their Chinese counterparts out of their mission in ...

Bloomberg The former British spy who wrote the so-called Steele Dossier told a British court that US President Donald Trump may have posed a serious risk to UK national security. The information recorded in a pre-election memo into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election produced by his firm, Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd, “had important national security implications for ...

Bloomberg Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu is set to return home to take part in presidential elections, three years after surviving an assassination attempt. The 52-year-old human-rights lawyer plans to run against John Magufuli, who’s seeking a second term after five years in power that critics say has been marred by a crackdown on civil liberties and political dissent. The ...