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Pope Leo on Saturday urged global leaders to avoid dividing their electorates with “sterile simplifications” to gain popularity and called on them to listen to the world’s cries for peace, in a forceful speech opening a week-long tour of Spain. Leo, who has angered US President Donald Trump by criti

Russia's Sechin says U.S. companies benefit from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz Reuters

President attempts to craft a regime of punitive trade measures that can survive legal challenges

Container shipping rates jumped over the past week amid higher fuel costs, congestion at some Asian ports and a pickup in demand heading into a peak season for booking ocean freight.

Shipowners ploughed windfall into new vessels and are braced for steep drop in rates if Strait of Hormuz reopens

The US slapped sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and members of his family, further ratcheting up pressure on the communist-run Caribbean island. CNN, Havana Bureau Chief Patrick Oppmann joined David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)

The Trump administration has hit on a new way to impose tariffs on 60 nations that supply almost all US imports — accuse them of failing to enforce bans on foreign goods made with forced labor. Bloomberg News Global Trade Editor Brendan Murray joined David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg Thi

Armenia's upcoming parliamentary elections, which could reshape the country's ties with Russia and the West, mark a "historic moment" for the country, according to Ulrich Schmid, Professor of Eastern European Studies at the University of St Gallen. Incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is seeking

The Israeli military is investigating the incident in south Lebanon, where it is fighting Hezbollah.

A long trade war looms. Trump’s scattershot protectionism, chaotic tariffs and belligerence against our natural allies guarantees that US trade policy will remain a hot mess We are in for a long trade war. In the months since “Liberation Day” last year, when Donald Trump let loose a volley of tariff