Bloomberg Chileans started casting ballots on Sunday in a referendum on whether to draft a new constitution, a vote born out of months of protests that rattled the foundations of a global investor darling. Citizens will choose between writing a new charter or keeping the existing constitution that was drawn up during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. Voters must also decide ...

Bloomberg Malaysia’s king rejected Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s request to declare a state of emergency to tackle the coronavirus crisis, capping a tense weekend that saw opposition leaders criticise the proposal as an attempt by the premier to retain control amid a power struggle. The government has been handling the pandemic well, the palace said in a statement on Sunday ...

Bloomberg Criminal gangs may have received as much 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) from the UK’s rush to deliver wage support during the pandemic. While Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s furlough programs have sustained millions of workers through the crisis, the rush to build them from scratch opened the door to massive fraud, according to the National Audit Office ...