Bloomberg Eritrea says it will cut the size of its army as part of changes to a system of mandatory national service that the United Nations blames for propelling tens of thousands of people to flee to Europe and neighbouring countries. The official end to a two-decade war with neighbouring Ethiopia means the country that sits on a key shipping ...

Bloomberg Brazil’s imprisoned ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is meeting with his aides on Monday to map out his party’s next moves after the country’s top electoral court banned him from running for president in October. Former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad, Lula’s running mate and likely successor in the race, is in the southern city of Curitiba, where ...

Bloomberg Mark Read is stepping out from the shadow of WPP Plc founder Martin Sorrell as the advertising giant’s new chief executive, and he has a clear message: change is coming. “There are no sacred cows,” Read said in a phone interview, shortly after WPP confirmed his appointment on Monday. In an unusually lengthy statement, Read promised renewal and a ...