Bloomberg Hong Kong’s leader blasted the US for “double standards” in the way it handles protests after the Trump administration vocally supported sometimes-violent demonstrations in the Asian financial hub. “Look at how the local governments handle chaos in the US and what stance they took on a similar level of chaos in Hong Kong last year,” Chief Executive Carrie Lam ...

Bloomberg The judge overseeing Michael Flynn’s prosecution called the Justice Department’s (DOJ) attempt to drop its case against President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor “unprecedented” and asked a federal appeals court not to short-circuit his inquiry into the government’s actions. US District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington said in a court-mandated brief that the unusual developments give him a ...

Bloomberg Tokyo saw a spike in coronavirus cases with 34 new infections confirmed on Tuesday, the most in a single day in more than three weeks, with the local government reportedly planning to issue an alert to residents to exercise extra caution. The step could lead to businesses in the capital again being asked to close their doors if a ...