Bloomberg In the US and across the European Union, a number of Russia diplomats are being expelled in a coordinated response to the nerve-agent poisoning of a former Russian spy in the UK. President Donald Trump has ordered the departure of 60 Russian diplomats. Russia is poised to respond in kind while 14 European nations are unrolling their own action. ...

Bloomberg Carles Puigdemont’s removal from Catalonia’s political scene to a German jail forces the separatist movement to take a decision: keep bickering on the way ahead, or set aside outstanding differences and form a regional government. The former Catalan president’s detention in Germany on Sunday was hailed by anti-separatist forces as a decisive blow against the push for Catalan independence. ...

Quantitative easing (QE) saved us from the 2008 crash and jump-started a recovery. It also encouraged a build-up of one-sided risk in the financial system. Are markets and the economy ready for the exit? The sudden rise in volatility in February and March showed that even with strong growth fundamentals, financial markets remain vulnerable. Since 2008, there have been seven ...