Bloomberg Beijing police arrested an outspoken critic of Chinese President Xi Jinping morning as his administration took steps to crack down on potential threats to the Communist Party stemming from the economic fallout of the pandemic. Xu Zhangrun, a law professor at Tsinghua University, was taken away by police from his house at a Beijing suburb, according to his friend, ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump has cycled through a string of attacks against Joe Biden but as he and allies seek to tie the Democratic nominee to the “radical left,” Biden’s campaign warned on Monday that the new message will fall short. Trump used two weekend speeches to vow to defeat Democrats and the “radical left,” linking the party to protesters ...

Bloomberg Voters in the Dominican Republic ousted the party that has dominated the country for two decades as Latin America continues to vote out incumbents. Opposition leader Luis Abinader will be sworn in as president of the Caribbean’s largest economy next month after winning in the first round and avoiding a runoff. With 83% of polling stations reporting, Abinader of ...