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Bloomberg Just as Spanish stocks were starting to rally towards this year’s highs, a coalition with an anti-austerity political party is dampening the mood once more. The benchmark IBEX 35 Index is down 2.5% since the vote that left the ruling Socialists weaker, forcing them to seek a coalition with an erstwhile foe. Only last week, the measure rose to ...

Bloomberg Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL) is looking to begin zinc and lead exports from next year as the nation’s largest gas explorer moves away from the fuel after a decade of zero growth in domestic production. The oil and gas explorer aims to boost revenue from its mining business to $100 million annually within three years, CEO Moin Raza Khan said. ...

Bloomberg The Lebanese army deployed heavily across the country and banks and schools remained shut for a second day as protesters incensed by a call to go home began to converge on the presidential palace. Life in much of Lebanon ground to a halt a day after President Michel Aoun told anti-government demonstrators to disperse or else they’d risk the ...

Bloomberg Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera called for a national agreement on peace and a new constitution as security forces struggled to control riots across central Santiago. Speaking from the presidential palace, close to the disturbances, Pinera asked political forces and social organisations to unite around peace and social justice. “This situation needs to end and it needs to end now,” ...

Bloomberg A veteran China-friendly politician joined the race for Taiwan’s presidency in a potential blow to Beijing, ramping up the pressure on its preferred candidate as he struggles to reinvigorate a flagging campaign to unseat President Tsai Ing-wen. People First Party Chairman James Soong announced that he plans to make a fourth bid for Taiwan’s presidency at a briefing in ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukraine was expected to be scrutinised in a historic public forum on Wednesday as the House opens impeachment hearings that will pit him against Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who is tasked with making the case to remove the president from office. Trump has so far been able to count on the support of ...

Bloomberg Three months after Donald Trump’s efforts to buy Greenland were rebuffed, talks targeting the island are being resumed, this time with a focus on investments and security. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was expected to meet with Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the strategically important Arctic territory. “We want the Arctic to ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong officials and Chinese state media warned of consequences if violence continued, as a third-straight day of protests disrupted traffic across the city and the government announced for the first time that it would close public schools. The government remained confident in its ability to contain the chaos, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung — the city’s No. 2 official ...

Now that German leaders have responded to French President Emmanuel Macron’s provocative remarks concerning the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), an unusually wide public rift has emerged between France and Germany. At its root, it’s about France’s leadership ambitions, to which Germany is opposed without itself wanting to lead. “We do want a strong and sovereign Europe,” ...

The economy has battled a lot of headwinds during the past year. Trade wars. The lagging impact of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes. A government shutdown. The good news is that with those hiccups mostly out of the way, the economy may be poised for better performance in 2020. The easiest way to show this might be the example of ...