Bloomberg US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo criticised the Russian government for sending “bombers halfway around the world” to Venezuela. “The Russian and Venezuelan people should see this for what it is: two corrupt governments squandering public funds, and squelching liberty and freedom while their people suffer,” Pompeo said on Twitter. It’s “absolutely inappropriate” for Pompeo to call the Russian ...

Bloomberg At least four people died in clashes between Togolese police and opposition supporters before controversial parliamentary elections this month. Three people died in the capital, Lomé, over the weekend, while the body of another person was found in the northern town of Sokode, Security Minister General Yark Damehame said on state television. Opposition spokeswoman Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo put the ...

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron has emboldened Italy’s populists in their standoff with the European Union by embarking on a spending spree of his own. The promises Macron unveiled in a bid to defuse the Yellow Vest protests, from a 100-euro ($114) a month hike in the minimum wage to abolishing a tax on pensions, could play into the hands ...