Bloomberg Poland’s ruling party won a smaller-than-expected victory in regional elections, drawing a warning from voters unnerved by its unprecedented clash with the European Union. The nation of 38 million is ground zero in a battle between populist leaders rebelling against the bloc’s liberal norms from Rome to Warsaw and mainstream forces who say they’re undermining democracy. Prime Minister Mateusz ...

Bloomberg Support for Italy’s populist League party surged in regional voting in the small northern region of Trentino-Alto Adige, while their national-level coalition partner failed to make much headway among voters. In the Bolzano area—where the two parties competed head-to-head—support for the League jumped to around 11 percent, initial results posted by La Repubblica newspaper showed. That’s up from 2.5 ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, attended on Monday the opening of the second United Nations Data Forum 2018 in Dubai. The three-day forum will bring together more than 2,500 data experts, high-ranking government officials and prominent policy makers from 120 countries around the ...