Bloomberg The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator said he’s ready to intensify the pace of talks with the UK, as the window of opportunity to begin trade talks this year is closing. “I’m ready to speed up negotiations,” Michel Barnier told reporters in the Slovak capital Bratislava on Tuesday. “We have proposed three dates, three weeks of new rounds of …

Bloomberg President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security to bolster the vetting of immigrants coming into the US after an Uzbek man allegedly drove a truck down a bike path in New York, killing eight and injuring almost a dozen more. “I have just ordered Homeland Security to step up our already Extreme Vetting Program. Being politically correct …

Bloomberg Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran on Wednesday for meetings with Iran’s top leaders as Moscow voices increasing criticism of US President Trump’s move away from the nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic. Putin will hold talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei that will focus on the nuclear issue and economic ties, the …