Bloomberg South Korea’s ruling party may have won an outright majority in parliament in elections held on Wednesday, in a show of confidence for President Moon Jae-in’s handling of the pandemic that gives him fresh momentum to reshape the economy. Moon’s Democratic Party of Korea, which had 120 seats before the vote, and its satellite party could win at least ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Tokyo could be facing as many as 80,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in a month if no action is taken as he declared a state of emergency in the capital and its surrounding regions. In what Abe said was the country’s greatest economic crisis since the end of World War Two, he declared a one-month ...

Bloomberg Spain reported the biggest increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in six days on Wednesday, while the daily death toll declined. There were more than 5,000 new infections in the 24 hours through Wednesday, taking the total to 177,633, according to Health Ministry data. The number of fatalities rose by 523 to 18,579, compared to Tuesday’s increase ...