Bloomberg Slovakia’s ruling parties prepared to respond after tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the biggest protests since the fall of the Iron curtain, calling on PM Robert Fico’s government to step down over a failure to fight corruption. The biggest crisis faced by the three-time premier’s government, triggered by the murder of an investigative journalist ...

Reuters Britain and Saudi Arabia want to strengthen a United Nations inspection regime for ships headed to Yemen, the Britishforeign minister said after meeting his Saudi counterpart in London. “Today we have agreed to strengthen the UN inspection of shipping in order to ensure that all Yemeni ports remain open to the humanitarian and commercial supplies that Yemen’s people so ...

Bloomberg House and Senate negotiators aim to introduce a $1.2 trillion spending bill by Wednesday to avoid potentially messy battles that forced partial government shutdowns in January and February, according to members and aides involved in the talks. Three major obstacles remain: funds for the $12.9 billion Gateway commuter railroad tunnel under the Hudson River between New Jersey and New ...