Bloomberg French voters head to the polls on April 10 in an election that is far from certain to return President Emmanuel Macron to power. Macron, 44, has sought to put himself at the centre of European and US efforts to end the crisis in Ukraine since late last year, and only began campaigning in earnest about a week ago. ...

  Bloomberg Sri Lanka’s opposition plans to file a motion soon to abolish President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s sweeping executive powers that lawmakers and critics say has contributed to the economic mismanagement of the country and prompted street protests calling for his ouster. “It will be an opposition motion. It will be to abolish the executive presidency,” Harsha de Silva, a lawmaker ...

  Bloomberg India’s central bank signalled a shift in policy focus as it ramped up efforts to mop up excess liquidity in the banking system and raised its inflation forecasts, sending bond yields higher. While the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) rate-setting panel decided to hold rates and keep its accommodative stance, it also voted unanimously to focus on “withdrawal ...