Bloomberg Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo said citizens were worried Rodrigo Duterte was “selling out” to Beijing and called on the president to take a stronger stand to protect the country’s sovereignty in the disputed South China Sea. Robredo, who is keeping her options open regarding the presidential race in 2022, said in an interview the president had not taken ...

Bloomberg Thailand’s ruling coalition has moved closer to losing its razor-thin majority after one party pulled its support less than a month after the Cabinet was sworn in. The Thai Civilized Party, with one seat in parliament, is leaving the coalition because it’s unsatisfied with government policies, its leader Mongkolkit Suksintharanon said at a briefing in Bangkok. The party will ...

Bloomberg Democrats eager to oust President Donald Trump in 2020 could pin their hopes on an eleventh-hour bid by former first lady Michelle Obama rather than the roughly two dozen candidates now in the mix, former White House strategist Steve Bannon suggested. “I don’t see anybody that’s on this stage right now that can take President Trump one-on-one,” Bannon, a ...