Australian voters head to the polls to elect a new government. Follow our election tracker for live results: https://bloom.bg/4jXbTmz
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π¨ LIVE BLOG: Votes are being counted in Australia's election.
Follow along for the latest news, analysis and updates here: https://bloom.bg/4iOFmOK
Follow along for the latest news, analysis and updates here: https://bloom.bg/4iOFmOK
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Albanese Wins Trump-Fueled Australian Election
Australia Election 2025 Live News: Voting Results Show Albanese Win, ABC project
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LATEST: Singaporeans voted in the ruling partyβs biggest electoral test in decades amid concerns over global economic turmoil and high living costs in the Southeast Asian city-state. Read the latest updates here: https://bloom.bg/4d1kJh6
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Singapore Vote Underway in Biggest Test Yet for Ruling Party
Singaporeβs Peopleβs Action Party is off to a strong start in Saturdayβs election, according to sample counts showing the party that has ruled the city-state for six decades well ahead of the opposition in more than two dozen voting districts.
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π¨ LIVE BLOG: Follow for the latest updates, news and analysis as Singapore votes in a crucial electoral test for the ruling party: https://bloom.bg/4iKZMYO
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Singapore's Ruling Party Wins Majority, Extending Six Decades in Power
Singapore Election 2025 Live Results, News: PAP's Lawrence Wong Retains Power
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Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was projected to be re-elected in Saturdayβs vote, becoming the nationβs first leader in 21 years to win back-to-back elections: https://bloom.bg/3Gyl0Mb
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π·: Matt Jelonek/Bloomberg
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π¨ LIVE BLOG: Singapore's ruling party leads as early sample counts start to come in.
Follow for the latest updates, news and analysis: https://bloom.bg/4iKZMYO
Follow for the latest updates, news and analysis: https://bloom.bg/4iKZMYO
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Singapore's Ruling Party Wins Majority, Extending Six Decades in Power
Singapore Election 2025 Live Results, News: PAP's Lawrence Wong Retains Power
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BREAKING: Singaporeβs Lawrence Wong extends ruling party's six decades in power as voters back incumbents to handle trade turmoil.
Follow for the latest updates, news and analysis: https://bloom.bg/4iKZMYO
Follow for the latest updates, news and analysis: https://bloom.bg/4iKZMYO
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Who is Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong?
Take a closer look at his background, career, and rise to power: https://bloom.bg/4k40sd3
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Take a closer look at his background, career, and rise to power: https://bloom.bg/4k40sd3
π·: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg
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For the second time in a week, voters in a prominent US ally angered by President Donald Trump punished conservatives and re-elected a left-leaning incumbent.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was poised to win the largest victory for his center-left Labor Party since 1946. Read why the outcome wouldβve been hard to predict just months earlier: https://bloom.bg/4iIT0Tt
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was poised to win the largest victory for his center-left Labor Party since 1946. Read why the outcome wouldβve been hard to predict just months earlier: https://bloom.bg/4iIT0Tt
π·: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
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π Trump wasn't on the ballot in Australia and Singapore elections, but his tariffs and policies loomed large over the results.
Bloomberg reporters take your questions on what's next - tune in on Monday, May 5 at 10 a.m. SGT/12 p.m. AEST here: https://bloom.bg/3GQIJHy
Bloomberg reporters take your questions on what's next - tune in on Monday, May 5 at 10 a.m. SGT/12 p.m. AEST here: https://bloom.bg/3GQIJHy
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President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that he has ordered the reopening of Alcatraz as a prison to βhouse Americaβs most ruthless and violent Offenders.β
The costs of such a move would likely reach into at least the hundreds of millions of dollars, based on construction budgets for recent state and federal supermax facilities. Read more: https://bloom.bg/3GDee85
The costs of such a move would likely reach into at least the hundreds of millions of dollars, based on construction budgets for recent state and federal supermax facilities. Read more: https://bloom.bg/3GDee85
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π LIVE NOW: Trump wasn't on the ballot in Australia and Singapore elections, but his tariffs and policies loomed large over the results.
Bloomberg reporters are taking your questions on what's next: https://bloom.bg/4iG6Gi1
Bloomberg reporters are taking your questions on what's next: https://bloom.bg/4iG6Gi1
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Representatives for Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his companies met Trump administration officials about dismissing the criminal charges levied against him in an overseas bribery probe, according to people familiar with the matter. Read more: https://bloom.bg/3YvW8uL
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President Donald Trump has announced in a post on Truth Social that he plans to impose a 100% tariff on films produced overseas, extending his restrictive trade policies on US imports to the entertainment sector for the first time. Read more: https://bloom.bg/4d16aKx
π·: Ken Cedeno/UPI
π·: Ken Cedeno/UPI
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Pakistan alleged that India has almost entirely stopped the flow of water across the border through the Chenab river as fears of a clash between the two neighbors mount following a deadly attack in Kashmir. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/43b1GfU
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Pakistan Says India Chokes River Flow as Fears of Conflict Rise
Pakistan alleged that India has almost entirely stopped the flow of water across the border through the Chenab river as fears of a clash between the two neighbors mount following a deadly attack in Kashmir.
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Hong Kong authorities said they continued to purchase US dollars in an attempt to defend the foreign exchange peg. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3ENQkpV
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Hong Kong Ramps Up FX Intervention to Defend Currency Peg
Hong Kong authorities ramped up sales of the local dollar as the greenbackβs slide threatened the foreign-exchange peg.
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India has proposed zero tariffs on steel, auto components and pharmaceuticals on a reciprocal basis up to a certain quantity of imports in its trade negotiations with the US, people familiar with the matter said. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3GBH4Wf
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India and Pakistan are the closest theyβve been to military conflict in years following last monthβs devastating attack on Indian tourists in Kashmir. The turmoil couldnβt come at a worse time for the economies of the two nuclear-armed nations. Here's why: https://bloom.bg/4m1M3zV
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Asiaβs richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is challenging the decades-long dominance of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the most-populous country using a playbook he has practiced to perfection in other sectors: price disruption. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3ENA2gJ
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India and the UK agreed a trade deal aimed at boosting economic ties between the worldβs fifth and sixth-largest economies, as Washingtonβs disruptive tariff policies continue to reshape global trade https://bloom.bg/44qV3Ir
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UK, India Seal Trade Deal Amid Fallout of Trump Tariff Wars
India and the UK agreed to a landmark trade deal slashing tariffs on cosmetics, vehicles, alcoholic beverages and other goods, as both sides look for wins to offset the disruption of President Donald Trumpβs protectionist policies.
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New: India said it conducted military strikes against βterrorist campsβ in Pakistan, an expected move after it pledged retaliations for a militant attack last month in Kashmir that killed dozens of tourists https://bloom.bg/4kblvuq
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Pakistan Signals Potential Retaliation for India Air Strikes
Pakistan said it reserves the right to retaliate after India launched targeted strikes, signaling a potential further escalation in hostilities between the nuclear-armed rivals following last monthβs deadly Kashmir attacks.
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