Bloomberg The Lebanese army deployed heavily across the country and banks and schools remained shut for a second day as protesters incensed by a call to go home began to converge on the presidential palace. Life in much of Lebanon ground to a halt a day after President Michel Aoun told anti-government demonstrators to disperse or else they’d risk the ...

Bloomberg Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera called for a national agreement on peace and a new constitution as security forces struggled to control riots across central Santiago. Speaking from the presidential palace, close to the disturbances, Pinera asked political forces and social organisations to unite around peace and social justice. “This situation needs to end and it needs to end now,” ...

Bloomberg A veteran China-friendly politician joined the race for Taiwan’s presidency in a potential blow to Beijing, ramping up the pressure on its preferred candidate as he struggles to reinvigorate a flagging campaign to unseat President Tsai Ing-wen. People First Party Chairman James Soong announced that he plans to make a fourth bid for Taiwan’s presidency at a briefing in ...