Bloomberg Ethiopia’s government declared a nationwide state of emergency and called on residents to defend the capital after rebel fighters captured key towns on a main road that leads to the city. The decision to suspend the constitution was taken to “ward off a threat that is posed to the survival and sovereignty of the country,” Justice Minister Gedion Timothewos ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden said that Russia and especially China were mistaken to skip the Group of 20 and UN climate conferences in Europe, noting that Beijing missed an opportunity to participate in global leadership. “They’ve lost an ability to influence people around the world and the people here at COP,” he said at a news conference in Glasgow, Scotland, ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson is trying to overhaul the UK Parliament’s anti-sleaze watchdog, after it found a member of his Conservative Party guilty of lobbying on behalf of two companies that were paying him as a consultant. The prime minister’s office on Wednesday called for a “new appeals process” in such sleaze cases, British media shorthand for questionable actions ranging from ...