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(Bloomberg) -- Pakistan will cut taxes on imports of raw materials to spur manufacturing and overall economic growth, according to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s trade adviser.

(Bloomberg) -- Colombia may start relying more heavily on shorter-term debt sales to cover its budget shortfalls, seeking to drive down interest costs after a failed tax-reform push triggered social unrest and sent yields higher.

(Bloomberg) -- Sudanese investigators probing the massacre of more than 100 protesters in the wake of dictator Omar al-Bashir’s overthrow two years ago are struggling to complete their work amid warnings that their findings could undermine a fragile political transition.

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s highest-profile distressed company Hyflux Ltd. is headed for a potential piecemeal selloff of its assets, capping a years-long saga that has left retail investors and creditors in the lurch.

(Bloomberg) -- Colombia’s reputation as one of the surest bets in Latin America is being called into question by bond investors.

(Bloomberg) -- Pedro Francke knows exactly what investors in Peru and abroad think of his boss, Pedro Castillo: that he’s an extreme leftist with Marxist ties who will sink the Andean country into Venezuela-style economic chaos if elected president.

(Bloomberg) -- If there's any topic that might get staid central bankers to feel justified in ditching their carefully calibrated language, it would be a conference on global warming. Almost all of them agree it's a grave problem.

(Bloomberg) -- Hours before a call with Vice President Kamala Harris last month, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador unexpectedly assailed the U.S. for sending money to non-profits critical of his government. “It’s interference,” he told reporters. “It’s promoting coups.

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- A slew of investment mishaps has reinforced how seemingly easy-to-trade securities can become petrified assets in a heartbeat.

(Bloomberg) -- Thai bonds have had a dreadful year so far and things may even get worse.