Bloomberg President Donald Trump is poised to take his most aggressive actions yet against Russia on Monday, when he’s likely to announce the expulsion of dozens of diplomats in response to the nerve-gas attack on a former Russian spy living in the UK. The move, all but certain to provoke retaliation by President Vladimir Putin’s government, comes as Trump has ...

Bloomberg Police detained former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont as he crossed into Germany from Denmark by car, bringing his eventual return to Spain to face trial a step nearer. Puigdemont was attempting to return to Belgium after a visit to Finland, his lawyer Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas said by phone on Sunday. A spokesman for the police in Germany’s northern state of ...

Bloomberg After outmaneuvering establishment parties to emerge as lead negotiators in Italy’s search for a new government, the populist pair Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini seek to win enough support this week to justify their rival claims for the premiership. Di Maio of the Five Star Movement and Salvini of the anti-migrant League, each short of a majority after ...