QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A speeding passenger bus crashed off a mountainous highway and fell into a ravine in southwest Pakistan early Wednesday, killing at least 20 passengers, police and government officials said. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/PILzr8e
Incumbent Tony Gonzales won the Republican primary runoff for the 23rd Congressional District in Texas, AP said, surviving a primary challenge by a gun-rights advocate. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/FcKNIuO
A majority of European business leaders said the continent’s relationship with China will likely deteriorate over the next few years as challenges with trade and the geopolitical climate drive tensions. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/UACKQBu
South Africans vote in an election on Wednesday that looks set to reshape a political landscape dominated for three decades by the party that Nelson Mandela led to power. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/BFE41t5
Customs agents at US airports have barred entry to at least 20 students and scholars with valid visas since November in ‘more insidious’ version of disbanded China Initiative. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/cposONF
Thai prosecutors decided to formally charge former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a royal defamation case, creating fresh legal risk for the head of the political dynasty that controls the country’s ruling party. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/sU4Tgwh
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to prioritize youth employment and direct more resources to job creation, bolstering expectations for reforms in that sector at a key policy conclave in July. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/kifT6Et
Mexico’s 2024 election is by far the most violent since 2018, with 749 people connected to the races affected by political violence that ranges from threats to kidnappings and murders. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/ECVPDGT
Leader Kim Jong Un said deploying spy satellites is an essential choice to protect North Korea’s sovereignty after one of its rockets failed in flight, and threatened South Korea over its show of force linked to the launch. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/yB4nHEk
A prosecutor at the Donald Trump hush-money trial urged a New York jury to consider a “mountain” of evidence showing the former president tried to influence the 2016 election by paying an adult-film star to stay silent about an alleged sexual encounter and then tried to cover his tracks. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/CfwMNpz