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May makes another appeal to find way to Brexit blueprint

Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May defended her decision to ask archrival Jeremy Corbyn to help draft a new blueprint for Brexit, and warned the UK might never leave the EU if he doesn’t back a compromise plan. “The longer this takes, the greater the risk of the UK never leaving at all,” May said in a statement. “It would mean ...

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Thailand anti-junta coalition suffers huge setback from ‘seat allocations’

Bloomberg The prospect of many small parties gaining parliamentary seats in Thailand has dented the claim by an anti-junta coalition that it has a majority following March’s general election. An Election Commission statement said more than 25 parties will receive lower house seats based on the proportional representation system in the military-backed constitution, implying many small parties will enter the ...

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Nigeria deploys troops to bandit-affected regions

Bloomberg Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari ordered security personnel to parts of the country prone to attacks by bandits. “I have ordered rapid and robust deployment of troops to all the areas currently under attack from bandits,” Buhari said in a statement. “We are determined to tackle this challenge ferociously until these remorseless killers are crushed and utterly defeated.” The attacks ...

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