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Colombia votes for leader in new era

Bloomberg Colombians are voting in the runoff of the first presidential election since the demobilisation of the nation’s largest guerrilla group, with a market-friendly lawyer facing a leftist who wants to tax the rich. Polls predict a clear win for Ivan Duque, 41, who wants to cut taxes on company profits, over Gustavo Petro, 58, who wants to redistribute land ...

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‘Comey insubordinate in Clinton probe’

Bloomberg Former FBI Director James Comey was “insubordinate” in handling the probe into Hillary Clinton, damaging the bureau and the Justice Department’s image of impartiality even though he wasn’t motivated by politics, the department’s watchdog found. Although the report by Inspector General Michael Horowitz doesn’t deal directly with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into Russia meddling in the 2016 US ...

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Greek PM survives no-confidence vote over Macedonia agreement

Bloomberg Greek PM Alexis Tsipras survived a no-confidence vote in parliament, securing support to move forward to sign an agreement with the Republic of Macedonia and to continue governing until his term expires in 2019. A total of 153 lawmakers in the 300-seat chamber voted against the opposition-backed motion, the parliament speaker said after the session in Athens, against 127 ...

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