International update daily 2020
Officially, much of China got back to work on Monday but there were few signs of activity on the streets of the capital, Beijing. Beijing's broad avenues were largely free of traffic and thousands of rental bikes stood in...
Iraqi security forces shot and killed at least one protester in the country's south on Monday, official said as the five-month anti-government protest movement enters a critical stage. Security forces fired live rounds to disperse crowds at the rally...
If Biegun wants to establish order in the building, he may need to concentrate less on North Korea, where the diplomatic process has ground to a halt, and more of his time on internal matters.
On a crisp winter's day the snow glistens on the mountains above Tehran, but the mood is as heavy as the pall of pollution that often shrouds Iran's capital. "The quality of life isn't good at all -- we...
SAN FRANCISCO -- New Orleans' city government crippled. A maritime cargo facility temporarily closed. Hospitals forced to turn away patients. Small businesses shuttered.The cause in each of these incidents: ransomware attacks. In recent years, hackers have taken to locking...
WASHINGTON -- North Korea has vastly expanded its use of the internet in ways that enable its leader, Kim Jong Un, to evade a "maximum pressure" U.S. sanctions campaign and turn to new forms of cybercrime to prop up...
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the head of Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union party and Chancellor Angela Merkel's designated successor to lead Germany, unexpectedly stepped down as party leader Monday and said she won't seek the chancellorship in next year's election. Kramp-Karrenbauer,...
(Bloomberg) -- Sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, follow us @Brexit and subscribe to our podcast.Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon vowed to maintain pressure on the U.K. for another referendum on independence and said the standoff with Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the...
Turkey said it retaliated Monday after "intense" shelling by Syrian forces killed five of its soldiers and wounded five others in Syria's northern Idlib province, a marked escalation a week after a similarly deadly clash between the two sides....
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Just over a year ago, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer seemed up-and-coming in German politics. She had succeeded Angela Merkel as boss of their center-right party, the Christian Democratic Union. She even looked like Merkel’s heiress apparent as German...
(Bloomberg) -- If Vladimir Putin plans to keep power in Russia beyond 2024, he must solve a more immediate problem. How can he keep his iron grip on parliament at elections next year when the ruling party is so...
(Bloomberg) -- Want to receive this post in your inbox every day? Sign up for the Balance of Power newsletter, and follow Bloomberg Politics on Twitter and Facebook for more.In the end, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer’s departure was more decisive than her 13 months at the helm of Germany’s...
(Bloomberg) -- Shanghai joined Beijing back at work Monday, but the megacities that govern the world’s second-largest economy remained eerily quiet as many logged on from home to avoid worsening the coronavirus outbreak.Commuters who did go in traversed deserted...
Ireland braced for weeks of political uncertainty Monday after an earth-shaking election that saw the Irish Republican Army-linked party Sinn Fein — long shunned by its bigger rivals — take the largest share of votes. In a surge that...
An Israeli court on Monday sentenced a radical Islamic cleric to 28 months in prison for “inciting to terror” in a series of speeches he made after a deadly attack in 2017 on Israeli police at a contested Jerusalem...
Chaos in Iowa has sparked a deep sense of anxiety among Democrats, who hoped the kickoff contest would provide clarity and evidence of excitement at the official starting line of the 2020 primary season. Instead, New Hampshire voters on...
The starting point for understanding President Donald Trump’s doctrine is his long-standing hostility toward foreign commitments. Unlike George W. Bush and Barack Obama, he is not an “internationalist” who believes that America has a special role in protecting the...
Billionaire casino magnate, a staunchly pro-Israel conservative, expected to give to Super Pacs and ‘dark money’ groupsThe billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson, an ardent pro-Israel conservative, is expected to donate at least $100m to boost Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election...
(Bloomberg) -- Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer plans to step down as leader of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union later this year and won’t run as the party’s chancellor candidate in the next election, creating uncertainty over Germany’s political future.Kramp-Karrenbauer believes the...
(Bloomberg) -- Ireland underwent a revolution at the ballot box, according to Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald, and she’s one of the biggest winners.Long an outsider because of its links to the IRA and left-wing policies, the nationalists...