Bloomberg The Pentagon is making as many as 700 National Guard troops available to Washington law enforcement to keep traffic flowing if a threatened protest convoy of trucks clogs the already congested Beltway in coming days. Social media users opposed to vaccine mandates have posted frequently about the so-called People’s Convoy, inspired by recent protests in Canada. But there ...

  Bloomberg Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has a slight, first-round edge over his main challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the upcoming presidential race, but would still lose a runoff vote by a wide margin, according to the latest poll. A survey by Futura Inteligencia published on Wednesday showed that the president would get 34.3% of voter intentions, while ...

Bloomberg Europe is bracing for what could be an exodus of more than a million refugees after Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine, as officials say any initial strain will be borne by member states on the bloc’s eastern frontier. The order of a full-scale invasion from President Vladimir Putin, triggering one of the worst security crises in Europe ...