Bloomberg President-elect Joe Biden lashed out at Donald Trump over a major hack of US government agencies and companies, saying the president isn’t taking it seriously enough, while vowing to strengthen the nation’s cyberdefenses. Biden blamed the Trump administration for having “failed to prioritise cybersecurity” during its four years in power. He also called on the president to clearly and ...

Bloomberg Negotiators are drawing closer to a historic post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and European Union (EU), with officials increasingly hopeful an accord could be struck soon. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen intervened personally in recent days, holding several phone conversations in a last-ditch bid to reach an agreement before the UK ...

Bloomberg Two people died of gunshot wounds after Zambian police were deployed to disperse a crowd that gathered to show their support for the main opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, who had presented himself for questioning. A state prosecutor and another person were hit by stray bullets fired by the police during chaos that ensued in the capital, Lusaka, privately owned ...