Bloomberg Venezuela’s Supreme Court appointed five new members to the country’s Electoral Council, most of them loyal to Nicolas Maduro’s regime, in an accelerated approval process that bypassed the National Assembly. By unilaterally designating the new officials, Maduro is seeking to firm up control over the electoral system ahead of December’s congressional elections. The move is a setback for the ...

Bloomberg UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has condemned the boarding up of key public statues in London ahead of anti-racism protests on Saturday and urged demonstrators to stay at home. Patel used an interview with the Daily Mail to accuse the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, of mishandling the few subversive protesters and called for the statue of former Prime Minister ...

Bloomberg Singapore dengue infections may top 1,000 this week, setting a record, the Straits Times newspaper reported. Cases for the year may exceed the all-time high of 22,170 set in 2013, the paper said, citing Amy Khor, the senior minister of state for the environment and water resources, and for health. Khor said the threat of dengue must be taken ...