Bloomberg US lawmakers are receiving urgent security instructions in advance of potential violence in Washington tied to protests as Congress meets to certify Joe Biden as the next US president. The precautions to members of the House and Senate include guidance to use underground tunnels while traveling between chambers in the Capitol and to nearby office buildings during the day. ...

Bloomberg Battling a resurgence in violence including a campaign of targeted killings of journalists, Afghanistan’s government resumes peace talks with the Taliban on Tuesday, with efforts expected to be focused on securing a cease-fire agreement in the dying days of Donald Trump’s presidency. Since the intra-Afghan talks began in September in the Qatari capital of Doha, where the Taliban has ...

Bloomberg Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak rolled out 4.6 billion pounds ($6.2 billion) of new support to help UK businesses forced to close during the pandemic, as the country enters its third lockdown. Retail, hospitality and leisure businesses will be entitled to one-off top up grants of as much as 9,000 pounds ($12,233) to tide them over until the ...