China said a deputy head of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration is under investigation by the anti-graft agency for “serious violations” of the law, the latest senior government official to be probed for alleged wrongdoing. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/z9K1cbU
In the 1990s, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s New Labour courted UK business in efforts that became known as the “prawn cocktail offensive” — a reference to the seafood appetizer that in times gone by was known for featuring at posh lunches. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/CbDpliP
China has concluded expansive military exercises around Taiwan, held in the wake of Lai Ching-te’s inauguration as the island’s president. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/cqnDBfA
French President Emmanuel Macron heads to Germany for a three-day state visit on Sunday that will test the ability of the European Union’s core couple to set the bloc’s agenda just two weeks before potentially bruising elections. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/IHqmbkY
Rishi Sunak gave his most senior ministers little more than an hour’s notice of what he was about to tell the country and had already told King Charles III, that he had decided to call a snap UK general election for July 4. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/z3gw8yW
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced on Friday an additional $275 million in military aid for Ukraine as Kyiv struggles to hold off advances by Russian troops in the Kharkiv region. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/9mntUAh
As investigators closed in on their biggest target of Kazakhstan’s anti-corruption campaign, they uncovered clues in Kairat Satybaldyuly’s meticulous notes. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/AhrLM9F
Special counsel Jack Smith asked for a court order forbidding Donald Trump from continuing to claim that FBI agents were authorized to kill him when they searched Mar-o-Lago last year for classified documents. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/cJM9IP4
Wealthy, democratic and strategically located off the Chinese coast, Taiwan has long been the most volatile issue between the US and China. Both sides have avoided serious conflict by leaving unsettled the question of who actually owns the island. But it’s becoming harder to avoid as China’s military ratchets up exercises near what President Xi…
Two key opposition parties are hailing their alliance in India’s capital Delhi, and hoping they can deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and his party a third consecutive clean sweep of the region in the ongoing elections. from Bloomberg Politics https://ift.tt/Au15igF