Bloomberg Colombia President Ivan Duque deployed more troops to the city of Cali and the surrounding region after violent clashes that have left at least 14 dead since Friday. More than 1,100 soldiers arrived to ensure the security and mobility of the population, according to a presidential statement. The government added 25 military patrols in areas of the country’s third-largest ...

Bloomberg France is ready to start reducing financial support to businesses and workers hit by coronavirus restrictions as its vaccination program offers a route out of the crisis, Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne said. The government has spent more than 40 billion euros ($48.8 billion) in 2020 and 2021 to protect employment, benefiting 2.7 million people on furloughs last month, up ...

Bloomberg UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak wants the US government to sign up to a global tax on technology companies such as Google and Facebook Inc, he said in an interview with the Mail. He urged President Joe Biden’s administration to discuss the new tax in time for Group of Seven meetings next month. The US has indicated ...