Bloomberg The Somali parliament on Saturday approved a new cabinet named by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble last week. All the 188 lawmakers in attendance voted in favor of the cabinet ministers, according to Parliament Speaker Mohamed Mursal Sheikh. In September, the Somali parliament ratified Roble’s appointment, less than a week after his nomination. Roble, a Swedish-Somali who had been ...

Bloomberg The Italian government is expected to approve further virus containment measures as soon as Sunday and is mulling additional economic support even as the threat of tighter restrictions prompts protests. New infections soared above 19,000 cases on October 23, just a day after Naples — Italy’s hardest-hit city — imposed a night-time curfew in a bid to contain spread ...

Bloomberg The Swiss National Bank (SNB) could be forced to sell a chunk of its more than $100 billion US stock portfolio as part of a campaign to ban it from investing in defense companies. A poll by gfs.bern for public broadcaster SRG showed 54% of voters in favour of the proposal, which goes to a national vote on November ...