Bloomberg A shadow government comprising of ousted lawmakers loyal to Myanmar’s detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi declared war against the military regime that seized control of the country seven months ago. In a speech posted on social media on Tuesday, the acting president of National Unity Government, Duwa Lashi La called on citizens to revolt against the junta ...

Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel plunged into Germany’s election campaign, warning that the Social Democrats (SPD) would take the country off course in an unusually direct intervention in the contest as her conservatives slumped to a new low in the polls. In a Forsa survey for RTL/ntv, support for the Christian Democrat-led bloc dropped two percentage points to 19%, its lowest ...

Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) pushed ahead with a cautious winding back of its bond-buying program, underlining its confidence in the economy’s recovery prospects once a longer-than-expected virus wave abates. Governor Philip Lowe and his board said they will purchase government securities at a pace of A$4 billion ($3 billion) a week, down from A$5 billion previously, until ...