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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi charged for possessing walkie-talkies

Bloomberg Myanmar authorities filed criminal charges against former leader Aung San Suu Kyi for possessing illegally imported walkie-talkies just days after the military ousted her government in a coup. Suu Kyi was charged for breaching an import-export law and faces as many as three years in prison if convicted. The police incident report indicated that unauthorised telecommunications equipment was found ...

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Biden orders review of Trump policies on illegal border crossing

Bloomberg President Joe Biden ordered a review and possible repeal of Trump-era policies intended to deter illegal migration at the US-Mexico border and make it harder to legally obtain immigrant visas. The trio of directives, which Biden signed Tuesday, also creates a task force led by the Department of Homeland Security to reunite families separated by President Donald Trump’s so-called ...

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Russia’s jailing of Navalny draws US, European ire

Bloomberg Russia imprisoned opposition leader Alexey Navalny for two years and eight months, drawing condemnation from Western leaders as President Vladimir Putin seeks to crush a resurgence in protests against his rule. A Moscow court converted a suspended sentence that Navalny, 44, received for a 2014 fraud conviction into a prison term for alleged violations of his probation. His 3 ...

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