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‘There’s no smoking gun in Russia report’

Bloomberg Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged opponents of Britain’s departure from the European Union to “move on,” saying a Parliamentary report published found no evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 referendum. “What we have here is the rage and fury of the remainder elite finding that there is in fact nothing in this report, no smoking gun whatever,” Johnson ...

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France renews criticism of China over Uighurs

Bloomberg France renewed its criticism of China over the treatment of the Uighurs in Xinjiang on Wednesday, calling for human rights observers to be allowed into the region and demanding that internment camps be closed. Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said witness accounts indicated human rights abuses that cannot be ignored, such as detention camps, people disappearing, forced labour, the ...

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South Korea troop cut speculation grows

Bloomberg Cracks may be emerging in the so-called ironclad military alliance between South Korea and the US, stoking worries in Seoul that the Trump administration is looking at withdrawing troops from the peninsula. Defense Secretary Mark Esper isn’t ruling out reductions to US Forces in Korea, telling a forum that, while no order has been given, the administration was looking ...

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