Bloomberg Boris Johnson struck a deal with rebels in his Conservative Party over giving the UK Parliament more power to scrutinise new emergency coronavirus laws, in a bid to curb a growing backlash over his handling of the pandemic. Health secretary Matt Hancock was expected to set out details of the agreement when he introduces a debate on the renewal ...

Bloomberg Armenia and Azerbaijan reported a fourth day of fierce fighting, defying growing international calls to halt the worst violence in decades over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Artillery fire is taking place along the contact line between the two militaries, Armenian Defense Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan said on Wednesday on Facebook. “Intense battles” continue with combat operations taking place ...

Bloomberg The leader of Poland’s ruling party will join the cabinet as deputy prime minister in a revamp that appears to push the government further to the right and follows weeks of tensions that threatened to trigger snap elections. Jaroslaw Kaczynski is the driving conservative force behind the campaign to reshape Poland that’s put the country in an unprecedented standoff ...