Bloomberg President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to clear his administration to start using Pentagon funds for construction of more than 100 miles of fencing along the Mexican border. Filing an emergency request, the president asked the justices to lift a freeze on the money while a legal fight with the Sierra Club and another advocacy group plays ...

Bloomberg It wasn’t your usual meeting of mayors in Germany’s presidential palace. One had been stabbed in the throat, another received death threats and most feared for their loved ones. They’ve all become victims of a wave of political violence that culminated last month in what appears to be the first assassination of a politician by a right-wing extremist since ...

Bloomberg The Pheu Thai Party elected Sompong Amornvivat to lead Thailand’s biggest opposition party into parliament, pledging to keep the coalition government under close scrutiny. Sompong was picked at a special assembly to succeed acting head Viroj Pao-in, who resigned earlier this month. “Our important duty is to scrutinise the workings of the government,” Sompong said in a comment posted ...