Bloomberg Tesco will announce a share buyback program this week when it reports first-half results, the Sunday Times reported. The retailer will maintain its normal dividend along with the buyback plan, although a special payout is not thought to be on the cards, according to the report. Tesco will be disciplined in its approach to buybacks, the report cited unidentified ...

Bloomberg North Korea has labelled Moon Jae-in a meddlesome mediator and reduced to rubble a $15 million liaison office that was one of the South Korean president’s biggest diplomatic achievements. On Monday, however, Kim Jong Un’s regime abruptly restored communication with South Korea via hotlines that Pyongyang had let fall silent for about two months. The move came after Kim’s ...

Bloomberg India’s yearlong farmers’ protests against federal agricultural laws have reached a new flash-point after eight people, including four protesters, were killed in the poll bound northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Farm groups have alleged the deaths occurred after a convoy of cars connected to a junior federal minister ran over angry demonstrators, fired shots and attacked a protest leader ...