Bloomberg France and its allies agreed to withdraw their forces from Mali after relations with the West African nation’s government deteriorated following a military coup. French, European and Canadian troops are planning a “coordinated withdrawal” from the country given “multiple obstructions by Mali’s transitional authorities,” the office of French President Emmanuel Macron said in a statement. “We can’t remain ...

  Bloomberg China is stepping up efforts to ease broad public anger over a mother of eight children who was found chained by the neck in a shack after local authorities were accused of downplaying the matter. The government of the eastern province of Jiangsu is forming a team to “find the truth, punish those who violated laws, hold those ...

  Bloomberg Hong Kong should consider postponing the city’s leadership election next month, a Chinese lawmaker said, in the most high-profile call yet for suspending the vote amid a surge in Covid cases. Tam Yiu-chung, Hong Kong’s sole representative member on China’s top legislative body, told a radio program that potential candidates might need to focus on containing the outbreak. ...