Bloomberg Algerians have been in the streets for nine months demanding the right to choose a president with popular support. Yet at elections on Thursday, the choice will be between five regime loyalists. Such prescribed options were a fixture of Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s 20-year reign. But since mass protests forced him out in April, it’s no longer enough to keep people ...

It’s unlikely Britons are voting swayed by the leaked Treasury department documents Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn dramatically revealed at a press conference. And yet the papers provide a glimpse of the hangover that could follow any “Brexit bounce” should the Conservatives win the parliamentary majority predicted by the polls. The 15-page internal briefing document, marked “official sensitive,” examines the financial ...

Selling Tesco Plc’s operations in Thailand and Malaysia for about 7 billion pounds ($9.2 billion) would be a nice parting present from outgoing Chief Executive Officer Dave Lewis to his successor Ken Murphy. But there could be a sting in the tail from such a lavish gift. Tesco would be even more focused on its home turf in the UK, ...