Bloomberg Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte saw off a challenge from opposition rival Matteo Salvini in local elections, strengthening the premier’s grip on his quarrelsome coalition ahead of negotiations over the European Union’s recovery fund. Parties in Conte’s year-old alliance, led by the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the center-left Democratic Party, held on to three regions including the leftist ...

Bloomberg Tropical Storm Beta was flooding southeastern Texas as it grinds along the coast, pounding it with heavy rain before meandering toward Louisiana. Beta was expected to stall inland over Texas on Tuesday and then move slowly northeastwards, according to an advisory from the National Hurricane Center at 5 am New York time. The storm was about 35 miles (56 ...

Bloomberg India’s lower house of parliament approved a set of long overdue labour legislations that aim to attract investment and make it easier for companies to do business in the South Asian nation. The new bills include the industrial relations code that will allow companies with as many as 300 workers to fire them without seeking prior government approval, a ...