Bloomberg South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha defended US efforts to advance North Korea talks, saying in an interview that it would be “excessive” to say Washington is compromising on its denuclearisation goals. “There’s no shifting — not a bit — about what the goal is. It’s complete denuclearisation,” Kang told the Yonhap News Agency in an interview published. Kang ...

Bloomberg Italy’s populists looking for an arch enemy to concentrate their nationalist rhetoric ahead of European Parliamentary elections have found one: France and its Europhile president Emmanuel Macron. France has summoned the Italian ambassador over comments by Deputy Premier and Five Star Movement leader Luigi di Maio that France “never stopped colonising Africa” and is contributing to the waves of ...

Bloomberg It was still dark, but Venezuela’s army had already smothered a mutiny and turned to tear-gassing protesters supporting the rebels. The loyalist Supreme Court announced that it would depose the National Assembly’s head and nullify its motion declaring President Nicolas Maduro’s rule invalid. Then, Brazil’s president predicted a speedy regime change. Governing this hungry and restive nation has become ...