Bloomberg The UK government deployed the “largest repatriation in peacetime history” to bring home more than 150,000 tourists stranded on overseas beaches and in vacation hotspots by the collapse of tour operator Thomas Cook Group. The massive airlift, using chartered jetliners, follows the collapse of the 178-year-old company after eleventh-hour fundraising talks with investors failed. The move saw all bookings, ...

Bloomberg Ukraine’s novice leader may have thought Vladimir Putin would pose his biggest diplomatic challenge. Five months after being elected, it’s Donald Trump who’s giving him a crash course in the perils of international politics. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is being pulled into the storm surrounding the 2020 US election over a July phone call during which media allege Trump repeatedly ...

Bloomberg Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said the US is “working diligently” towards a diplomatic resolution with Iran after accusing the Islamic republic of attacks on Saudi Arabian oil fields, but that President Donald Trump is prepared to take other action if necessary. “Make no mistake about it, if we’re unsuccessful in that and Iran continues to strike out in ...