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Cleveland judge Daniel Polster says the U.S. government has punted on the nationwide opioid epidemic.

President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, touching upon numerous topics, including infrastructure investment and prescription drug pricing. Bloomberg's Michael

Theresa May’s government backed down and said it will allow lawmakers to see an assessment of the likely impact of Brexit on the British economy, after realizing it was likely to lose a vote.

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Zimbabwe’s government will allow white farmers to apply for 99-year leases on land.

With diminished odds that Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will run for the presidency after an appeals court upheld his corruption conviction, a host of left-wing candidates are already trying to

Brazil’s state-owned banks are retrenching, and Banco BTG Pactual wants to pick up the slack.

His lawyers are challenging the verdict.

Several weeks after becoming the top cop for U.S. markets last May, Jay Clayton began reading everything he could get his hands on about Bitcoin, realizing it was quickly evolving from a method of

President Donald Trump’s wall is no longer the biggest divide between Democrats and Republicans on immigration. The potential deal-breaker may be the status of mothers and fathers and brothers and

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress wants a speedy transition of power following its election of a new leadership and will discuss the matter with President Jacob Zuma this week, a top

Steinhoff International Holdings NV reported former Chief Executive Officer Markus Jooste to South Africa’s anti-graft police, pinning the blame for an accounting scandal squarely on the man who built

Donald Trump sought to connect his presidency to the nation's prosperity in his first State of the Union address. He argued that the United States arrived at the new American moment of wealth and

As oil reverses its direction and a long election season looms, one of the Indian leader’s key reforms may be in jeopardy.

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NUS Business School Visiting Senior Fellow Alex Capri weighs in on President Trump's State of the Union Address. Capri speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: Middle East." (Source: Bloomberg)

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May attacked a leaked government analysis predicting economic damage from Brexit, calling it skewed information and not a true evaluation of the effects of leaving the

Sen. John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, discusses President Trump's first State of the Union address. He speaks with Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli in Washington. (Source: Bloomberg)