Bloomberg Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s ANO party looked the favourite to garner the most votes in next week’s general elections, retaining its lead in a new opinion poll. No single party or coalition is likely to win an outright majority in the October 8-9 ballot, according to the survey of 1,247 people carried out on September 24-30 by pollster ...

Bloomberg The Singapore government can do a better job communicating the country’s virus strategy, a minister said, addressing residents’ frustrations over confusing signals on its reopening plan. The country of about 5.5 million people has shifted its approach from Covid elimination to trying to live with the virus, yet authorities have tightened restrictions on gatherings, restaurants and businesses even after ...

Bloomberg Algeria closed its airspace to French military planes, escalating a row between the North African nation and its former colonial ruler over comments attributed to President Emmanuel Macron. Two planned logistical support flights heading to Africa’s Sahel region were denied permission to cross Algeria on Sunday and have been postponed, according to French army spokesman Colonel Pascal Ianni. The ...