Bloomberg Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said she’s ready to be interim president in place of incumbent Alexander Lukashenko as national strikes were starting a day after the country’s biggest opposition protest. “I am ready to take responsibility and act in this period as national leader” until new presidential elections are held, Tikhanovskaya said in a video address published on ...

Bloomberg The Philippines is looking to further reopen its economy even as coronavirus infections continue to rise, after a poll showed adult unemployment was at a record high last month. The government wants to allow more economic activity and extend aid to small businesses after 27.3 million Filipinos in a Social Weather Stations survey in early July said they were ...

Bloomberg New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed the general election by four weeks until October 17 as the nation’s first community outbreak of Covid-19 in more than three months worsens. Ardern said on Monday she delayed the election from September 19 after consultation with other political parties, to provide certainty to voters. A fresh outbreak of the virus ...