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LONDON – The British budget to be unveiled Wednesday will be driven by three certainties: death, taxes and the desire of incumbent governments to win re-election. Treasury chief George Osborne will, as tradition dictates, carry a battered red briefcase containing his budget into the House of Commons before outlining his …

ROME – Rome has hosted a first meeting to combat the Islamic State group’s funding and other financial resources. The two-day meeting was co-chaired by the United States, Saudi Arabia and Italy. It ended Friday with an action plan that the Italian foreign ministry said aimed to “to drain the …

BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s former president was booed and jeered as he went to face prosecutors who have put him under criminal investigation for allegedly making threatening remarks to a senator. As he entered the prosecutor’s office Tuesday, former President Traian Basescu smiled and said it was “normal” he was …