Bloomberg The battle over who succeeds Angela Merkel as the next German chancellor candidate entered a crucial phase on Tuesday when the outgoing head of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) would hold talks with a leading CDU politician to take over as party chief. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who blew open the race to replace Merkel last week by announcing that she ...

Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg’s sudden arrival in the Democratic spotlight has put him under new scrutiny from all of his opponents. But Bernie Sanders has taken him on with unparalleled zeal. Sanders is holding up Bloomberg as the embodiment of everything the democratic socialist rails against. He is a billionaire with ties to Wall Street who is self-funding his campaign. His ...

Bloomberg The Philippines will allow citizens employed in Hong Kong and Macau to return to their jobs, partially lifting a ban imposed earlier to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. A government task force decided to exempt those working in Hong Kong and Macau from the travel ban “subject to certain formalities,” Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said on his ...