Bloomberg Angela Merkel marked her return to the political front line with a call for Europe to assert its interests more forcefully as President Donald Trump punches holes in the world order. In her first television interview after the summer break, the German chancellor said Europe needs to take on more global responsibility, including on defense. As Trump attacks Germany’s ...

Bloomberg The selection of John McCain’s replacement in the Senate sets up a potentially defining struggle between competing factions within the Republican party—the old guard represented by the late Arizona senator, and the iconoclastic wing led by President Donald Trump. The state’s Republican governor, Doug Ducey, won’t make an announcement about the seat until McCain is laid to rest next ...

Bloomberg India and Pakistan will discuss the resolution of a dispute over sharing river waters this week, officials said, setting off the first official negotiations between South Asia’s nuclear-armed rivals since newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan took charge. Both sides will discuss the issue over two days starting from August 29 in Lahore, Indian and Pakistani officials said, asking not ...