Bloomberg Hong Kong’s government doesn’t see any benefit in conceding to more demands from protesters and the increasingly violent demonstrations are unlikely to stop anytime soon, according to a top adviser to leader Carrie Lam. Radical demonstrators — some of whom have lobbed petrol bombs at police and vandalised subway stations in recent weeks — won’t give up their struggle ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he doesn’t want to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at a summit next week in New York. “I’m not looking to meet him. I don’t think they’re ready yet. But they’ll be ready,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “At the right time, they’ll be ready. I never rule anything out, but I ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he’ll appoint Robert O’Brien as his White House national security advisor, elevating the State Department’s top hostage envoy from relative obscurity to one of the most important jobs in US government. O’Brien had the backing of Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, whose central role shaping the administration’s foreign policy will be solidified by the appointment. ...