Bloomberg A cloak of secrecy surrounds the negotiations on the UK’s exit from the European Union. Neither side has reported in any detail what’s going on behind closed doors in Brussels since Prime Minister Theresa May updated Parliament on October 22. But the lack of public comment doesn’t mean nothing’s happening. British and European negotiators are locked away trying to ...

Bloomberg The US almost doubled its pledge for the financial support of a West African force that began deploying last year to fight a surge in militant attacks. Assistance to the force that’s known as G5 Sahel will now total $111 million, from an initial pledge of $60 million made in October 2017, Samantha Reho, a spokeswoman for the US ...

Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. delivered their strongest third-quarter results in four years, capping a week in which Big Oil enjoyed profits not seen since the days of $100 crude. Both companies reported double-digit production increases in the Permian Basin, the shale region in Texas and New Mexico that’s propelling total US oil output to an all-time high. ...