Bloomberg Politics

Top officials in the US and India signaled that negotiations over a trade deal have reached an impasse that’s making it difficult to clinch an agreement.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early election for Nov. 29 after parliament rejected a housing plan last week that his government had hoped would quell mounting social protests.

Protests demanding the ouster of India’s top election official and a halt to a contentious overhaul of voter rolls are gaining momentum ahead of key state elections.

The euro fell to its weakest level since May 2025 in Asian trading as reports that Spanish government officials are preparing for an early election added to concerns rocking France’s bond market. The currency is also under pressure from a strengthening dollar, which is being supported by expectations that the Federal Reserve will need to raise interest rates three more times by July to tame inflation. Bloomberg MLIV's Mark Cranfield reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

A woman suspected of spying for China by surveilling the Taiwanese president’s son and his family has been arrested by the US before she could board a flight to Shanghai, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as tensions linger between the rival superpowers.

President Trump is hitting the gas on the campaign trail, hoping to turn red-state rallies into Republican votes. As Shaquille Omari explains, the GOP push comes with political headwinds. (Source: Bloomberg)

Jair Bolsonaro may be serving a lengthy prison sentence, but his family is expanding its grip on Brazil’s Congress and preparing to lead a conservative offensive against the Supreme Court that convicted him.

Japan is demanding tighter discipline among American troops after a Marine Corps lance corporal was arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman on the southern island of Okinawa, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said.

India is taking a more direct role in efforts to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, engaging both sides on issues including shipping and reducing hostilities, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signaled that she would keep a close eye on market moves as she formulates policy, as parliament opened Monday with bills aimed at easing the impact of inflation on households set to dominate the agenda.

Flávio Bolsonaro led Brazil's first round election as voted were still being counted. A victory for Bolsonaro would accelerate President Donald Trump’s effort to reassert US primacy over the Americas after conservative allies won recent votes in Colombia, Chile and Peru. (Source: Bloomberg)

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is set to address the nation at 9 a.m. in Madrid as government officials have been preparing for an early election.

Flávio Bolsonaro surged to a surprise lead over Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, making him the overwhelming favorite to win the runoff and take Latin America’s biggest economy sharply to the right.

The Pentagon has removed bombers based at the Royal Air Force base in the UK that was at the center of a suspected terrorist-attack attempt.

Britain’s opposition Conservatives pledged to do “whatever it takes” to build a third runway at London’s Heathrow airport after Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined to support the planned expansion.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is demanding that Flock Safety delete personal data not connected to crimes and disclose whether federal agencies have accessed the company’s nationwide license-plate database.

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, a supporter of Vladimir Putin and opponent of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s unity, retained behind-the-scenes power in elections and cited President Donald Trump’s influence for the outcome.

Taiwan’s representative to the US projected confidence that President Donald Trump would ultimately approve additional weapons sales to the self-governing island, which has been waiting for a $14 billion arms package.

Ten years ago, Roland Lescure quit a high-flying finance job in Canada to answer Emmanuel Macron’s call for an economic and political revolution in France. The banker was lured back to his homeland by the opportunity to turn back the rising tide of the far right and hand the next generation of leaders a pro-European, business-friendly bastion.