Bloomberg Bridgepoint Group plans to sell the UK operations of Burger King next year in a bet on an accelerated recovery of Britain’s pandemic-hit restaurant industry, Sky reported. The newly listed private equity group has started preliminary talks with investment banks about a sale of the fast-food chain, the news agency said, citing unidentified people with knowledge of the matter. ...

Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin used a Navy Day parade to deliver his latest reminder of Russia’s military muscle, touting the nation’s hypersonic nuclear weapons at a ceremony in his hometown of St Petersburg. “Today the Russian navy has everything it needs to defend our homeland, our national interests,” Putin said in a speech in front of a monument to the ...

Bloomberg Typhoon In-Fa made landfall in Eastern China on Sunday, causing the evacuation of more than 100,000 people, the cancellation of flights in and out of Shanghai and the halting of business operations, according to state media. In-Fa landed in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, at 12.30 pm, local time, with a maximum wind force of 38 meters (125 feet) per second, ...