Bloomberg Near the rural town of Badin in southern Pakistan, about a four-hour drive from the financial capital of Karachi, dozens of men wait through the night for a chance to meet with Zulfiqar Mirza. The landowner’s family holds sway in a part of Sindh province the size of the US state of Delaware, and villagers go to Mirza for ...

Bloomberg Emmanuel Macron’s reliance on a small coterie of advisers and assistants helped propel him to power in France 14 months ago. That same system now threatens to taint his presidency. Macron is under siege from voters, the opposition and even some allies demanding that he overhaul his way of working after it emerged that his office covered up violent ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May is taking control over the UK’s Brexit negotiations and will direct strategy from her own office, in a move that reinforces her drive to keep close to the EU. The pound rose on the news. May shook up her team on Tuesday, sidelining the troublesome ministry that she created two years ago to lead the ...