Bloomberg Politics

A top Republican donor said he won’t back a US presidential bid by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis because of his stance on social issues, the Financial Times reported.

Sudan’s army is battling a rival paramilitary group at key sites across the capital and beyond, with reports of casualties in the worst violence to strike Khartoum in its modern history.

Russia said Saturday that mercenaries in the Wagner group captured two districts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where battles have raged for months. The death toll from Friday’s Russian missile attack on residential buildings in Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine rose to 11, including at least one toddler found under the rubble.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida returned to the campaign trail after being targeted by an explosive device at an event he attended in central Japan, weeks before he hosts the Group of Seven world leaders for a summit.

Ukraine said a move by Poland to ban imports of its grains and certain other food products violated an agreement reached earlier this month, hours after Warsaw announced an effort to shield its farmers from competition.

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner called French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for the European Union to strive for strategic autonomy “naive,” especially given “nuclear superpower” Russia’s war in Ukraine.

It used to have the ear of government, now some prominent members are reconsidering their membership. 

Emmanuel Macron enacted his controversial pension reform on Saturday after clearing a constitutional hurdle, allowing the French president to try to move past the episode that’s sparked months of protests and dented his popularity.

A Chinese envoy said the Philippines is “stoking the fire” over Taiwan’s independence by giving the US access to military sites near the Taiwan Strait under an expanded defense agreement.

Corporate Switzerland’s darkest hour since the national airline collapsed two decades ago has given parties on the left and right the scent of an opportunity before October elections.