A federal judge on Monday dismissed criminal charges against two perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump -- FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James -- ruling that the U.S. attorney he hand picked to prosecute them was unlawfully appointed. The ruling throws out two cases Trump had publicly called for as he pressured Justice Department leaders to move against high-profile figures who had criticized him and led investigations into his condu

Born of crisis but torn by years of tensions among its members, the Group of 20 major economies scored a rare victory this weekend for multilateralism after overcoming the boycott and objections of its most powerful member, the United States. South Africa, this year's G20 president, rallied all but two member nations - the U.S. and Argentina - to issue a declaration, ignoring Washington's warnings and quelling questions about the G20's future - at least for now. Learn More

Sitting in his lakeside villa in the Swiss city of Lucerne, Borger Borgenhaug misses his grandchildren and the smell of the Nordic sea on a clear summer night. The carpenter turned real-estate tycoon says that is the price he pays to escape Norway's beefed-up wealth tax – an annual levy that has driven hundreds of millionaires abroad while underpinning one of the world's most equal societies. Learn More