Bloomberg At least four people died in clashes between Togolese police and opposition supporters before controversial parliamentary elections this month. Three people died in the capital, Lomé, over the weekend, while the body of another person was found in the northern town of Sokode, Security Minister General Yark Damehame said on state television. Opposition spokeswoman Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo put the ...

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron has emboldened Italy’s populists in their standoff with the European Union by embarking on a spending spree of his own. The promises Macron unveiled in a bid to defuse the Yellow Vest protests, from a 100-euro ($114) a month hike in the minimum wage to abolishing a tax on pensions, could play into the hands ...

Bloomberg Brazil’s incoming government won’t sign a broad United Nations migration treaty, following in the footsteps of the US and Chile in a crackdown on open borders. Ernesto Araujo, who will be Foreign Minister under President-Elect Jair Bolsonaro, said on Twitter that the United Nations Global Compact for Migration is “an inadequate instrument to deal with the problem” and that ...