Bloomberg Beijing pledged to speed up legislation aimed at countering US sanctions, as it seeks to narrow Washington’s advantages in disputes after the Trump administration levied waves of penalties against China. Measures were announced by National People’s Congress Standing Committee Chairman Li Zhanshu as part of his annual report to the Chinese legislature on Monday. “We will upgrade our legal ...

Bloomberg Libya’s two rival parliaments began meeting for the first time to discuss a proposed unity government that would lead the war-torn Opec member until elections in December. Monday’s joint session involving lawmakers from the Tobruk-based parliament, which backed eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar, and the rival assembly headquartered in Tripoli, the capital, is taking place in the central coastal ...

Bloomberg Decisions by two Republican governors to remove all coronavirus restrictions in their states have reignited the political debate on the pandemic response, elevating it as a campaign issue this year and in 2022. Republicans Greg Abbott of Texas and Tate Reeves of Mississippi announced last week they’re eliminating state mask mandates and allowing businesses to reopen at full capacity, ...