Bloomberg Whether or not Chinese President Xi Jinping signals a successor on Wednesday, he’s amassed enough power to effectively rule for decades. The Communist Party approved a sweeping charter revision at the end of its twice-a-decade congress on Tuesday that elevates Xi to a status alongside the nation’s most vaunted political figures. The document put Xi’s contributions on par with ...

Bloomberg With Sunday’s victory in legislative elections, President Mauricio Macri received the green light from Argentines to press ahead with his reform agenda – and the prospect of another six years to carry it out. The ruling alliance won in 13 of Argentina’s 24 provinces, including the five largest, in mid-term elections that were seen as a barometer of voter ...

Bloomberg Kenya’s top court will hear a petition on Wednesday filed by three Kenyans that seeks the cancellation of a presidential-election rerun scheduled for the following day, according to the Judiciary. The petitioners want the Supreme Court to compel the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission to cancel the vote, Judiciary spokeswoman Lilian Mueni said by phone on Tuesday from the ...