Bloomberg The Taliban ordered its fighters to remain just outside the Afghan capital as it starts talks for a peaceful transition of power, cementing its renewed grip on the country two decades after the US ousted it from power. Fighters from the militant group entered the outskirts of Kabul on Sunday as the US and other nations rushed to evacuate ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was to visit the Queen’s representative in Canada to trigger the country’s second election in two years, seeking to capitalise on polls showing his Liberal Party with a large enough lead to retake a majority in parliament. The prime minister was scheduled to meet Governor General Mary Simon at 10 a.m in Ottawa, according to ...

Bloomberg South Korean President Moon Jae-in left the door open for talks with Japan in a speech marking his neighbour’s World War II surrender as several Japanese cabinet members visited a war-linked shrine seen by many in Asia as a symbol of its past militarism. In his last Liberation Day speech as president to mark the end of Japan’s 1910-1945 ...