Bloomberg President Donald Trump made his first substantive offer of the government shutdown aimed at peeling off moderate Democrats and shifting blame with an American public that so far overwhelmingly holds him responsible for the month-long impasse. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected the proposal, hours before Trump outlined it in a White House speech to the nation. Trump said ...

Bloomberg Citizens in the southern Philippines will vote on Monday on a proposal to give the region greater autonomy, a move the central government says will help end decades of violent conflict. More than 2.8 million residents of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao are expected to vote on a law creating an expanded region called Bangsamoro, which provides more ...

Bloomberg Thousands of Greeks marched through the streets of Athens on Sunday to protest a name deal with the neighbouring Republic of Macedonia, as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras steels himself for another showdown in parliament over the accord. People gathered in the main Syntagma square opposite parliament, a site familiar to global television viewers for scenes of violent clashes in ...