Bloomberg Vladimir Putin said he hoped there wouldn’t be a need for further retaliation against Washington after his government ordered the US to slash staff at its diplomatic missions in Russia by 755, or nearly two-thirds, in retaliation for new sanctions approved by Congress. “We waited for a rather long time, thinking that things might improve, nourished the hope that …

Bloomberg To continue his family’s political dynasty ahead of next year’s vote, ousted Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif is looking to his younger brother Shehbaz—widely seen as the more disciplined sibling with a reputation for forcing through economic reforms. Pakistan’s ruling party over the weekend was quick to nominate Shehbaz, the chief minister of Punjab province, to take over his brother’s …

Bloomberg The semblance of unity behind a life-as-normal and business-as-usual Brexit didn’t last. With Prime Minister Theresa May away on holiday, her chancellor of the exchequer went out on a limb to say a consensus was forming around a three-year transition phase, during which little would change about the UK’s relationship with the European Union even past 2019, when the …