Bloomberg Italian voters rallied behind the center-right in local elections as its leader, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, left a boat with over 600 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean. As Italy’s populist government dials back its challenge to the European Union’s budget rules, Salvini is dramatising his commitment to turning the tide on immigration. Salvini visited Como in northern Italy to ...

Bloomberg Malaysia has discovered “many mini 1MDBs” in its campaign to root out corruption in the state, according to a top adviser to PM Mahathir Mohamad, signaling the wrongdoing unearthed at the debt-ridden fund may be more widespread. Daim Zainuddin, 80, who was appointed by Mahathir to head up a Council of Eminent Persons to advise the new government on ...

Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she favours a US-Russian summit, seeking to point global diplomacy forward after a tumultuous meeting of Group of Seven leaders. Russian President Vladimir Putin wasn’t invited to the G-7 summit in Canada, although US President Donald Trump suggested he be readmitted. In an echo of Cold War meetings on neutral ground, Austria is encouraging ...