Bloomberg The former prime minister of Mongolia said he is the victim of a global smear campaign likely orchestrated by the current president to label him as corrupt ahead of a June election. Sukhbaatar Batbold, a businessman who was Mongolia’s prime minister from 2009 to 2012, claimed President Khaltmaagiin Battulga appears to be the architect of a series of lawsuits ...

Bloomberg The Chinese Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador, escalating a row between countries over press freedom. The ministry said in a statement that Ambassador Caroline Wilson posted a public article on the popular WeChat messaging service complaining about sanctions on foreign media, even as those news outlets spread fake news. The article “deliberately confused defamation with critical news reporting” ...

Bloomberg Officials at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) see some benefit in delaying a $45 billion agreement with Argentina after the nation’s midterm election in October, with talks yielding little progress six months after they began, according to people familiar with the situation. While IMF negotiators prefer to hash out a deal with Argentina as soon as possible, some see ...