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Pope Francis arrived Monday on a visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh to encourage their tiny Catholic communities and reach out to some of Asia's most peripheral and poor.

Republican lawmakers are rushing to secure the votes they need to finalize a tax bill that will make it to President Trump's desk by the end of the year. Bloomberg's Ros Krasny reports on "Bloomberg

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s Labor government is favored to return to power in the northeast Australian state, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and raising doubts about

New York City could lose some of its highest-income residents if the tax bill making its way through the U.S. Congress becomes law, according to estimates from Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Prime Minister Theresa May has a week to find a compromise on the conflicting Brexit demands from the north and south of Ireland, just as a political scandal threatening the Irish government could

Business Secretary Greg Clark said reviving Britain’s flagging productivity lies at the heart of the industrial strategy the government unveiled on Monday to help chart the future of the country’s

India’s exporters are a worried lot.

Meredith Corp. agreed to acquire Time Inc. for about $1.8 billion in cash, swallowing the once-mighty home of Fortune and Sports Illustrated after the internet age wreaked havoc on even the most

Minnesota Democrat Al Franken, his future in the U.S. Senate in doubt after allegations he groped women, told a home-state newspaper he’s “looking forward to getting back to work” and doesn’t remember

Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who won a new five-year term last year, said it’s time for him to step aside and let the Kremlin choose a successor. The Kremlin said Kadyrov is staying in his post.

President Donald Trump doubled down on his call for Alabama voters to defeat Democrat Doug Jones, even as Republican senators want Roy Moore, their party’s nominee in the state’s U.S. Senate race, to

Representative John Conyers, the longest-serving U.S. House member, stepped down as the top Democrat on the powerful House Judiciary Committee amid a probe by the Ethics Committee into allegations of

Republican lawmakers are scrambling to lock up the votes needed to finalize a tax bill that can make it to President Donald Trump’s desk by the end of the year, without the benefit of an important

Afghanistan will build its first 20-megawatt solar power plant in a bid to meet rising energy demand in a country that imports most of its electricity.

Government ministers from Egypt and Israel held a call last week to discuss the potential sale of Israeli gas to Egypt, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar will continue contacts with the leader of the opposition to avoid an election just as Brexit talks intensify.

The U.K. is close to running out of time in its divorce negotiations with the European Union and would be set back by missing a December deadline to resolve several thorny issues, Scottish

Pakistan’s law minister resigned as the government moved to end a three-week long protest by supporters of an Islamist right-wing party that had besieged the nation’s capital, Islamabad.

A high-stakes legal clash is unfolding over President Donald Trump’s temporary pick to run Elizabeth Warren’s favorite bank regulator, and the White House is holding its ground.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now has a legal battle on its hands.