Bloomberg Brazil’s controversial president and climate skeptic, Jair Bolsonaro, cut a lonely figure at the Group of 20 summit. That is until Angela Merkel sidled up to him at dinner in Rome. The two had an unusually frank chat that morphed into a friendly and meaningful conversation between two leaders with different world views, according to two G-20 officials who ...

Bloomberg Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling party may be on track for its worst election result in 12 years, but is expected to stay in power with help from its junior coalition partner, according to exit polling by broadcaster NHK from Sunday’s election. The LDP alone is set to win 212-253 seats in the 465-seat body after the vote, ...

Bloomberg Georgia’s ruling party all but swept the board in second-round local elections that have been marred by violence and claims by the opposition that the vote was unfair. Only in one municipality did the ruling Georgian Dream party fail to beat the United National Movement, the Central Election Commission said on Sunday. In the battle for mayor of the ...