December, 2019

• 25 December

  Trump says US will ‘deal with’ a North Korea missile test

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump said that if North Korea tests intercontinental ballistic missiles, the US will “deal with it.” “I handle them as they come along,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. North Korea had long suggested it would use the end-of-year holiday season to deliver a “Christmas gift” to the US after demanding Washington ...

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• 25 December

  Burkina Faso army kills 80 militants

  Bloomberg Burkina Faso said the army killed 80 militants in a two-pronged attack on a military post and the northern town of Arbinda, the latest deadly incident in an ongoing battle between the West African country and an extremist insurgency. Ground troops and fighter jets pursued the assailants following an intense battle that lasted several hours near the border with ...

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• 25 December

  Trump: I’m in ‘good position’ with impeachment in Senate

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he’s in a “very good position” in advance of an impeachment trial in the Republican-led Senate, and that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can do “whatever he wants.” “We have the majority,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. “And it’s up to Mitch McConnell.” He praised the Kentucky Republican as a ...

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• 25 December

  Hong Kong Christmas eve clashes see about two dozen injured

  

  Bloomberg Hong Kong riot police fired tear gas at crowds in popular shopping districts on Christmas Eve in confrontations that left about two dozen people injured as protesters took to streets and malls to demand greater democracy. Officers used the gas to disperse demonstrators in Mong Kok and outside the Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. They also clashed with ...

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• 25 December

  Merkel ‘partners’ stuck in doldrums after shift to left

  Bloomberg The new leftist leaders of Germany’s Social Democrats have failed to give Angela Merkel’s junior coalition partners a lift in the polls. The SPD were stuck on 13% in the final Insa survey of the year for Bild newspaper, the same as the previous week and down from 20.5% in the most recent general election in 2017. Merkel’s CDU/CSU ...

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• 25 December

  Japan MP arrested in bribery scandal

  

  Bloomberg Tokyo prosecutors arrested a ruling party lawmaker on suspicion of receiving bribes from a Chinese company seeking to invest in the casino industry, dealing a blow to already unpopular plans to open the country to the gaming industry. Liberal Democratic Party politician Tsukasa Akimoto, who had served as a vice minister in charge of promoting the establishment of casinos ...

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• 25 December

  Typhoon continues to threaten Philippines

  Bloomberg Typhoon Phanfone continues to bring destructive winds and intense rainfall over parts of central Philippines on Wednesday, a day after forcing hundreds of people to evacuate and stranding thousands of holiday travelers in Asia’s largest Catholic nation. Locally called Ursula, it packed maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers (87 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 195 kph, ...

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• 25 December

  Animal spirits show India slowdown may be bottoming out

  

  Bloomberg India’s economy showed nascent signs it may be turning a corner after six straight months of anemic activity. Two of the eight high-frequency indicators compiled by Bloomberg News came in stronger in November based on a three-month weighted average reading, although that wasn’t enough to move the needle on a gauge measuring overall activity. The dashboard measures “animal spirits,” ...

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• 25 December

  NMC planning review after shortseller attack

  

  Bloomberg NMC Health Plc shares gained after the company said it plans an independent review of assertions from “certain third parties,” partly recovering from a slump that followed allegations by short seller Muddy Waters Capital LLC recently. The company has been under siege since Carson Block’s Muddy Waters said its financial statements hint at potential overpayment for assets, inflated cash ...

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• 25 December

  Three Japan Post group presidents to quit

  

  Bloomberg The presidents of three Japan Post Group companies will step down on Friday amid a scandal involving insurance sales, local broadcaster JNN reported. The report said that the executives would step down at a press briefing on Friday, amid the ongoing scandal involving Japan Post insurance sales. Japan Post said that it is unaware of any plans by the ...

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