Bloomberg Pacifica Beauty LLC, a vegan beauty brand, sold a minority stake to private equity firm Brentwood Associates, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The company is valued at about $250 million in the transaction, one of the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private information. Representatives for Pacifica declined to comment. A spokesperson for ...

  Bloomberg The Taliban have killed dozens of former Afghan officials, security forces and individuals who worked with international troops since the militant group took over the country in mid-August, the Associated Press reported, citing a United Nations report. Of the more than 100 killings identified by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a report obtained by the news agency, ...

  Bloomberg Hong Kong denied that criticism of the city’s strict policy to push for zero Covid-19 cases is illegal under a sweeping national security law that has silenced dissent in the former British colony. “Making general remarks and discussion is not illegal,” a government spokesman said in a statement Sunday, adding that the strategy was “the most effective way ...