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President Donald Trump delivered his most forceful condemnation of racism and white supremacy following shootings over the weekend that killed 31 people, after Democrats said his own racially divisive

Matteo Salvini, Italy’s de facto leader, gained new powers to curb immigration while tightening his grip on the government, as the populist coalition won a key vote in parliament.

As China turns its back on American ethanol in a lingering trade spat, Brazil is considering opening its doors to U.S. biofuel.

As Hong Kong reels from seemingly endless unrest, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s options to resolve the conflict aren’t great.

Puerto Rico’s leadership fight is moving to the courts after the island’s Senate punted on a chance to legitimize Pedro Pierluisi’s controversial claim to the governorship. The chamber’s leader said

The path to re-election for Argentine President Mauricio Macri was already complicated, given stubbornly high inflation and an economy struggling to rebound from recession.

Analysts continued to warn about the dangers of an escalating trade war on Monday, as China moved to strike back at the U.S., hitting U.S. stocks and boosting Treasuries.

Elizabeth Warren has signed onto to attend a Native American presidential forum in Sioux City, Iowa, later this month, joining six other Democratic candidates to discuss issues affecting Native

The Vermont senator scored points talking about “Medicare for All” at a union forum over the weekend—but so did his competitors.

The shooting deaths of 29 people over the weekend raised pressure on Donald Trump both to address rampant gun violence in the U.S. and reconsider his own divisive rhetoric about immigrants and

The United Nations fact-finding mission in Myanmar has called for sanctions against a network of companies owned by the country’s military, saying they helped carrying out and finance nationwide human

Iran is responsible for security in the Persian Gulf and is acting more vigorously to protect it, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said, suggesting that a showdown between his country and Western powers

A drone strike carried out by forces loyal to eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar killed at least 43 people attending a meeting at a southern town, a local official said, in the latest

Somalian authorities executed two al-Shabaab militants who were convicted for a December attack that killed at least 13 people in the capital, Mogadishu.

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Tim Summers, senior consulting fellow for APAC at Chatham House, discusses the protests in Hong Kong with Haslinda Amin and Rishaad Salamat on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.” (Source: Bloomberg)

Darin Friedrichs, senior Asia commodity analyst at Intl Fcstone, discusses the Chinese government asking state buyers to hold imports of U.S. agriculture products and what it means for the trade

The Chinese government is said to have asked state buyers to hold imports of U.S. agricultural products. Bloomberg’s Anna Kitanaka reports on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.” (Source: Bloomberg)

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warned of a “very dangerous situation” as protesters moved to shut down the Asian financial hub with a general strike and commute disruptions on Monday. Lam spoke to

Democratic front-runner Joe Biden lashed out at President Donald Trump for contributing to a climate of division and violence, arguing that the only way to change course is to defeat the president.