Bloomberg An Indonesian cabinet member has threatened to shut down Facebook Inc. if there is any evidence the personal data of citizens is being harvested or the social media giant fails to crack down on “fake news” during upcoming elections. Amid continuing fallout over revelations the data of 50 million Facebook users was obtained by a firm that helped US ...

Bloomberg India invested a record 1.16 trillion rupees ($18 billion) in the financial year ended in March, to develop highways and improve road connectivity across the nation, according to a statement from Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration spent 44 percent more than a year ago on building roads. The government plans to construct 83,677 ...

Bloomberg China will respond to any tariffs imposed by the US against alleged violations of intellectual property rights with the same proportion, scale and intensity, said its US ambassador Cui Tiankai. Cui’s comments, in an interview with state-run CGTN English news channel on Tuesday, are the first to indicate that China will retaliate on a scale that matches US plans ...