Bloomberg At least 50 people were killed and nine injured in attacks by extremists on three local governments in Nigeria’s Borno state. The insurgents attacked military and civilian bases in the Monguno area, killing nine soldiers and three task force members and injuring nine civilians, said Hassan Ibrahim, a member of a local civilian force. The extremists freed 18 detained ...

Bloomberg As the leader of one of the largest pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong’s legislature, Alvin Yeung could make history if the city’s opposition wins an unprecedented majority in September elections. Or he could find himself disqualified before the campaign even starts. The 39-year-old lawyer is among several prospective candidates accused by Chinese authorities of behaviour that opposition politicians fear ...

Bloomberg President Jair Bolsonaro said he trusts Brazil’s armed forces to stay out of politics after a Supreme Court justice ruled on the military’s constitutional role at the request of an opposition party. Anti-racism protests in Brazil and what Bolsonaro’s adversaries say are his authoritarian tendencies were the backdrop to the petition by the Democratic Labor Party (PDT). Justice Luiz ...

Bloomberg Nigel Farage is planning to relaunch the Brexit Party following concerns that Boris Johnson is watering down his position on exiting the European Union, the Sunday Express reported. The organisation, probably to be renamed the Reform Party, intends to field a candidate in the next available special election, the newspaper said, without giving the source of the information. Senior ...

Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are among leaders urging Italy to take advantage of the region’s proposed 750 billion-euro ($844 billion) recovery plan to speed up structural reforms. The so-called Next Generation EU plan is a “unique opportunity for Italy,” Von der Leyen said in a video message to ...

Bloomberg AstraZeneca Plc and four European Union countries said they reached an agreement to distribute a coronavirus vaccine. The Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy concluded a contract with the UK drugmaker to provide 300 million to 400 million doses of a possible vaccine in stages starting from the end of 2020, the Dutch government said in a statement on Saturday. ...

Bloomberg Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak backed calls to ease the UK’s 2-meter social distancing rule to help the stalled economy get back to work, as he urged Britons to go shopping again. The government is conducting a “comprehensive review” of the regulation that requires people to remain 2 meters (6 feet 7 inches) apart in public to reduce ...

Bloomberg Germany’s construction minister, Horst Seehofer, wants to help protect tenants by making it more difficult to convert rental apartments into condominiums, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported. Seehofer is proposing to introduce a threshold of at least two-thirds of the flats in an apartment building having to be sold to tenants or their family members for any conversion plan to gain ...

Bloomberg Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV won its bid for an order to block US imports of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s Roxor off-road vehicle that it said copies the look of the iconic Jeep Wrangler, the International Trade Commission said in a notice posted on the agency’s website. The commission upheld, with modifications, a judge’s finding that Mahindra’s off-road vehicle is ...

Bloomberg Stores on Oxford Street, London’s most famous shopping thoroughfare, will open Monday for the first time since March. The question is how many customers will show up. After locking down to slow the spread of the coronavirus, retailers in the capital and across England are desperate to get back to business. They’re rushing to install sneeze screens, “sanitation stations,” ...