Bloomberg South Korean President Moon Jae-in retracted his nomination for science minister, following a series of high-level resignations that are complicating a cabinet reshuffle and distracting from his efforts to revive nuclear negotiations with North Korea. Moon’s decision to withdraw the appointment of Cho Dong Ho to oversee science and communications policies was based on “a comprehensive review,” Moon’s spokesman ...

Bloomberg The man seeking to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on residents of poorer areas south of the capital to protest his rule, as three blackouts in less than a month have virtually shut down the country. Many schools and businesses have been closed for five days. “We will continue to hit the streets,” Juan Guaido, head of the ...

Bloomberg United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar and his competitors in the Tripoli government are closer to finding a power-sharing agreement that would break the political deadlock in the divided North African country. Haftar and the UN-backed prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj have been negotiating a united caretaker government ahead of possible elections. But the talks ...