Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. is planning to close a UK engine factory as the last major step in an overhaul of its unprofitable European operations. The Bridgend, South Wales plant, which employs about 1,700 workers, builds engines for several Ford models in Europe, including the Fiesta and B-Max. Its future became uncertain 18 months ago when Jaguar Land Rover said ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson ramped up his campaign to become Britain’s next prime minister, vowing to take the country out of the European Union with or without a deal on October 31 and promising to hold onto money owed to the bloc until terms of the divorce become more favorable to the UK. In an interview with the Sunday Times, Johnson ...

Bloomberg Kazakhs are voting in presidential elections that were called after longtime ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev stepped down following three decades in power. Seven candidates are competing to become only the second president of central Asia’s largest energy producer since it gained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. Polling, which began on Sunday and was expected to close at ...