Bloomberg Russia confirmed it withdrew troops from Ukraine’s Snake Island in the Black Sea after the Ukrainian military said it had driven them out under massive attack. The Defense Ministry in Moscow called the decision a gesture aimed at easing grain shipments from Ukraine, but a top official in Kyiv dismissed that claim. There was no sign of a ...

Bloomberg Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the late Philippine dictator’s son and namesake, was to be officially sworn in as president on Thursday, completing his family’s political revival nearly four decades after his father’s ouster. Marcos met with President Rodrigo Duterte at the presidential palace, where the outgoing leader was also given departure honors. The incoming president will take the oath of ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party will share power to govern India’s richest state of Maharashtra, a senior party member said, a day after the chief minister resigned following a rebellion by lawmakers of his own party. More than half the legislators of Uddhav Thackeray’s right-wing Shiv Sena have exited his ruling coalition claiming he has deviated from ...