Bloomberg US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he will force a vote next week on a measure to block the Treasury Department’s plans to lift sanctions on three Russian companies linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who is reported to be under scrutiny by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in his probe of Moscow interference in the 2016 presidential election. Schumer’s ...

Bloomberg Tens of thousands of France’s Yellow Vest protesters rallied around the country again on Saturday as the movement tries to rebuild momentum after declining turnouts in recent weeks and as public support wanes. The ninth weekend of demonstrations came days before President Emmanuel Macron launches a national debate intended to dispel the anger exposed by the recent violent protests, ...

Bloomberg Many financial markets are already signalling that the US is more likely than not hurtling towards recession. But will they prove prescient or overly fretful? The prospect of a widespread yield inversion in the Treasury market, which has preceded US downturns for more than half a century, has generated the most alarm and is edging even closer to fruition. ...