Bloomberg The United Nations’ human rights chief should resign for failing to condemn China after visiting its remote Xinjiang region where the US accuses Beijing of genocide, according to one prominent scholar. Adrian Zenz, senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, told Bloomberg TV that he considered Michelle Bachelet’s trip to China’s far western ...

Bloomberg Northern Ireland’s devolved government remains effectively suspended after a move to elect speakers to the Assembly failed amid a stand-off over Brexit. “The Assembly has been unable to conduct its first business therefore we can proceed no further,” Acting Speaker Alex Maskey said. Until a speaker is elected, there can be no nominations to the region’s joint top ministerial ...

  Bloomberg Australian PM Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party clinched a parliamentary majority after day of ballots getting counted in tightly contested seats, giving his government the heft to push through bills on issues ranging from climate change to anti-corruption measures. Labor is projected to secure the seat of Macnamara in the heart of Melbourne, Australia’s ABC said, giving the party ...