Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s battle against an accelerating impeachment inquiry is growing tougher after a week of damaging revelations and self-inflicted wounds that emboldened Democrats and put the White House on defense. The president added to the frenzy by publicly calling on Ukraine and China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, echoing the conduct that sparked the impeachment effort ...

Bloomberg The Taliban met with US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Pakistan, for the first time since US President Donald Trump ended negotiations for an Afghan peace deal, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Khalilzad met with the Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Islamabad, the AP said, citing an unidentified Taliban official. The US has said peace ...

Bloomberg North Korea sent a group of working-level officials to Dandong, China, to prepare for a possible visit by its leader Kim Jong-un, according to South Korean newspaper Dong-A Ilbo. “It won’t be surprising if Kim visits China soon,” a person familiar with North Korean issues was quoted by the newspaper as saying. An unnamed South Korean official told the ...