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Reuters “Zimbabwe's army seizes power, targets 'criminals' around Mugabe.” Zimbabwe’s military seized power on Wednesday saying it was holding President Robert Mugabe and his family safe while targeting “criminals” in the entourage of the only...

Bloomberg “Pound Slides as Pressure on May's Leadership Adds to Brexit Woes.” The pound slumped as much as 1 percent as political developments in the U.K. cast a shadow on Prime Minister Theresa May’s ability to push for the Brexit deal she aims f...

Bloomberg “China Makes Historic Move to Open Market for Financial Firms.” China took a major step toward the long-awaited opening of its financial system, saying it will remove foreign ownership limits on banks while allowing overseas firms to take ...

Bloomberg “Trump Is Leaving Japan Empty-Handed on Trade.” For all the apparent chumminess between President Donald Trump and Japan’s Shinzo Abe, it hasn’t resulted in much concrete action to address Trump’s main complaint: fixing what he sees ...

BBC News “UK interest rates rise for first time in 10 years.” The official bank rate has been lifted from 0.25% to 0.5%, the first increase since July 2007. It is likely to rise twice more over the next three years, according to Bank of England gove...

Bloomberg “Trump-Russia Probe's Opening Salvo Targets Manafort, Partner.” Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, and his onetime business partner Rick Gates were charged with conspiracy against the U.S., the first peopl...

Bloomberg “Trump Leans Toward Jay Powell As Next Fed Chairman.” President Donald Trump is leaning toward appointing Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Fed, according to three people familiar with the matter. The d...

Bloomberg “Donald Trump Courted a Republican Rebellion. Now He’s Got One.” Donald Trump campaigned against the Republican Party establishment to win the White House. After two of its more prominent members fought back, calling Trump nothing less t...

Bloomberg “Venezuela’s Behind on Its Debt and Facing Two Huge Bond Payments.” Ever since the price of oil collapsed in mid-2014, there’s been a broad consensus among the bond-market crowd that Venezuela was going to default. Not immediately, the...

Bloomberg “U.S. Senate Adopts Budget, Giving Momentum to Trump's Tax-Cut Plans.” The Senate adopted a fiscal 2018 budget resolution Thursday that House GOP leaders agreed to accept, a show of unity aimed at speeding consideration of President Donald...