Trump threatens to end trade with Mexico and Europe after rate hike
US President Donald Trump had tried to pressure the Fed to lower rates, but it voted unanimously to raise them instead.

US President Donald Trump had tried to pressure the Fed to lower rates, but it voted unanimously to raise them instead.

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Mobile data, broadband services suspended in the territory since protests calling for electoral reform in June.
US Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to tighten mail-in voting rules ahead of critical midterm elections.
Opposition bloc leads in tight Swedish election with 95% counted.

Gunshots were heard at a polling station in the Muslim-majority Bangsamoro region of the southern Philippines.
Genta Koja beat two-term incumbent Denny Tamaki, who wants a major US military base to be moved out of Okinawa.
Deadly violence marred the elections one day before the polls opened in the southern Philippine region.

Voting is under way in Sweden in a closely fought election that could see the far-right enter government.
The Social Democrats face their worst result in more than a century, with the final outcome due later this week.
It’s a milestone of the self-determination fight in this region of the Philippines. It must be kept peaceful and fair.
A newly approved government offers Kosovo only brief respite before a contentious presidential vote.