Bloomberg Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he hasn’t lost an election in his three-decade political career. He’s hoping his candidates for the midterm vote on Monday will continue that winning streak as voters assess his three years in office. Even with slowing economic growth and controversial policies including a deadly drug war, the firebrand leader is poised for a majority ...

Bloomberg France’s Yellow Vest demonstrations drew a lower turnout and drifted away from Paris to smaller cities, suggesting the movement is weakening as it hits the six-month mark. Police estimated 18,600 people took to the streets around France, including 1,200 in the capital, on the movement’s 26th Saturday of protests, AFP reported, citing the interior ministry. Police counted fewer than ...

Bloomberg The Brexit Party has more support in the UK ahead of this month’s EU elections than the Conservatives and Labour combined, according to an Opinium survey for the Observer newspaper. The party, fronted by Nigel Farage and founded only last month, would take 34 percent of the vote in the May 23 election, compared with 21 percent for Labour ...