Bloomberg Europe’s five largest automotive markets edged past China in electric vehicle registrations in first quarter of 2020, as China battled the outbreak of the coronavirus and imposed shutdowns countrywide, according to a study by PwC and its strategy consulting subsidiary Strategy&. Germany, France, the UK Italy and Spain collectively registered 79,300 fully electric vehicles between January and March, narrowly ...

Bloomberg Global speculation about Kim Jong-un’s health intensified over the weekend, with a flurry of tantalising — and unverified — reports about a visit by a Chinese medical team and movements of the North Korean leader’s armoured train. China sent a team including doctors and senior diplomats to advise its neighbour and longtime ally, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson was expected to return to work on Monday and take charge of the UK’s handling of the pandemic, a month after he was struck down by the coronavirus. The government has been without a leader since the prime minister was admitted to the hospital on April 5. Since being released he’s been slowly easing his way back, ...