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Austria’s ousted leader vows to win back chancellery

Bloomberg Ousted Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz started his campaign to take back the chancellery hours after his estranged coalition partners in the nationalist Freedom Party joined the opposition in a vote to dismiss him. The youngest Austrian head of government also became the shortest-serving and the first to be thrown out of office since the country was reconstituted after World ...

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Trump hails Japan ties in visit papering over cracks with ally

Bloomberg President Donald Trump rallied US and Japanese troops to wrap up a four-day state visit that focused more on pageantry than resolving deep differences on trade between the long-standing allies. On a trip where no major agreement was reached, Trump’s statements were persistently at odds with the Japanese. He said he’s aiming to reach a trade deal by August, ...

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France pushing for Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as commission head

Bloomberg President Emmanuel Macron will push chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as his choice to lead the European Commission, a senior French official said, as European leaders meet in Brussels to begin the jostling to fill the bloc’s leadership spots. The official said on condition of anonymity that the French leader first wants to agree on the commission president before ...

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