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High-stakes vote in Poland tests populists’ grip on power

Bloomberg Poland is voting in a high-stakes presidential election as the coronavirus pandemic tests the populists’ grip on power and threatens one of the biggest nationalist makeovers in the heart of Europe. In what may be the closest ballot in Poland’s post-communist history, incumbent Andrzej Duda is battling Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski for the presidency in a runoff ballot on ...

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Romney condemns Trump move on Stone

Bloomberg Senators Mitt Romney and Pat Toomey became the first major Republican elected officials to criticise President Donald Trump‘s decision to commute the prison sentence of Roger Stone. “Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president,” Utah senator Romney said. The tweet trended on the ...

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Indonesia’s coronavirus cases exceed 75,000 mark

Bloomberg The number of coronavirus cases in Indonesia exceeded 75,000 as infections in the two largest hotspots continued to accelerate after the government eased physical-distancing curbs more than a month ago. There were 1,681 new cases in the 24 hours to midday on Sunday, bringing the total to 75,699, authorities said, adding that 71 people succumbed to the virus. The ...

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