BLOOMBERG Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cancelled three scheduled campaign appearances less than a month before high-stakes elections after falling ill during a live television interview. Broadcasting was disrupted for several minutes after Erdogan, 69, became sick with what he said was stomach flu. In power for the past two decades, Erdogan has developed a reputation as a tireless strongman …

BLOOMBERG Even as Warren Buffett’s blessing and buying by the foreign investors helps drives outperformance in Japanese stocks this year, retail investors are turning increasingly bearish. The blue-chip Nikkei 225 Stock Average has risen more than 9% so far to above 28,000, while the MSCI Asia Pacific Index Excluding Japan Index is up less than 1%. Gains have been helped …

BLOOMBERG A rout in Chinese stocks paused after a $446 billion wipeout in value for mainland shares this month, but a meaningful rebound may be hard to come by as geopolitical tensions simmer. The benchmark CSI 300 Index ended little changed on Wednesday. The MSCI gauge of Chinese shares advanced as much as 1.6% after a six-day slide, though it’s …