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With Paraguay’s economy booming, this Sunday’s elections are less about policies and more about the candidates and their party machines.

The Japanese prime minister has little to take home to distract voters from the scandals encircling his administration.

John McDonnell, the lifelong anti-capitalist who is now Treasury spokesman for the opposition Labour Party, set out to woo Britain’s banks with the offer of a “new start” in their relationship.

Half of Iran’s lawmakers have written to President Hassan Rouhani demanding the removal of the central bank chief, accusing him of mismanaging the banking industry and currency markets as the rial

Thatcher’s 1979 financial reforms transformed Britain. Is the People’s Republic about to undergo the same?

A small town mayor from southern Spain is offering Gibraltar-based insurers a way to retain access to the European Union single market after Britain leaves the bloc next year.

Months into the Korean War, President Harry Truman capped wages and imposed price controls on the steel industry, seizing authority under a newly passed law to take action in the name of national

Nafta negotiators are said to have wrapped up another chapter of the deal as the three ministers leading talks meet again in Washington amid a push for a deal in principle within weeks.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he saw no difference with North Korea on key concepts such as denuclearization, but cautioned that implementing any deal with Kim Jong Un would be difficult.

Today in Brexit: A shift in the government’s tone on immigration is starting to emerge, just as talks on the future relationship get going.

Bloomberg's Matt Miller reports on French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel planned meeting in Berlin. Miller reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe." (Source: Bloomberg)

The U.K.’s upper house voted against a key part of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit policy, inflicting a defeat on the government that could eventually push it toward keeping closer ties with the

North Korea has signaled to the world that it could be prepared to give up its nuclear arsenal. But after more than half a century of development - not to mention the fact that we've heard it all

Tammy Duckworth Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

The U.S. and China look to be preparing for a protracted confrontation over trade and investment as they each try to line up allies for their cause.

A meaningful trade agreement between the U.S. and China is unlikely as long as President Donald Trump fails to recognize China’s right to develop its economy, according to Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel

Angered by last week’s U.S. attack on Syria, Russia warned that there would be consequences. Only one of them was spelled out: The Kremlin said it may supply its Syrian ally with state-of-the-art air

It’s 21 years since the Commonwealth, the group of countries that used to make up the British Empire, met in Britain.

The engine on a Southwest Airlines plane. Photographer: Amanda Bourman via AP Photo

Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Glen Fukushima discusses U.S. and Japanese negotiations, and talks about strategy for President Trump's meeting with North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un.