Bloomberg US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Pyongyang on Sunday to meet with Kim Jong Un and prepare for a second summit between the North Korean leader and President Donald Trump. The State Department’s announcement of Pompeo’s trip confirmed what he promised last week—a visit soon to “make the final preparations” for another summit. Pompeo, who would ...

Bloomberg Sweden’s speaker of parliament gave Alliance opposition leader Ulf Kristersson the first attempt at forming a government to break the deadlock after last month’s inconclusive election. Kristersson will be given two weeks to gather support to become prime minister, Andreas Norlen, the speaker, said at a press conference in Stockholm. The situation needs to be “softened” and giving one ...

Bloomberg French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb quit late Tuesday, the second major minister to leave President Emmanuel Macron’s government in three months. Collomb, 71, had already announced he’d step down to return to local politics in his hometown of Lyon, though he’d originally indicated he’d stay in his post until next year. Collomb follows Nicolas Hulot, a popular television presenter ...