Bloomberg Mexico detained thousands more migrants in April than a year ago after US President Donald Trump threatened to close the border, representing a shift in focus for the nation’s leftist president away from granting humanitarian visas. Under President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, 20,564 people were presented to immigration authorities in April compared with 11,486 in April 2018, an increase ...

Bloomberg South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) has extended its quarter-century grip on political power and it largely has President Cyril Ramaphosa to thank for halting its decline. The ANC won 57.3% of the votes cast in the national elections, official tallies from 90% of the voting stations show. The party looked to be in danger of losing its majority ...

At a time when America is facing a potential military confrontation with Iran, an escalating trade war with China and a showdown with North Korea, you’d think President Trump would want a permanent secretary of defense to oversee Pentagon plans. But Patrick Shanahan is still cooling his heels as acting secretary, awaiting a formal nomination that was expected nearly two ...