Bloomberg Nike Inc soared to an all-time high in the latest sign that consumers are opening their wallets more than expected as the pandemic eases in much of the world. The shares rose almost 16% to a record $154.35 after the company projected that revenue this fiscal year will surpass $50 billion for the first time, benefiting from rebounding growth ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden said the US is committed to its partnership with Afghanistan, even as American and other foreign troops withdraw from the country despite a surge of violence. “The senseless violence — it has to stop,” Biden told Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the start of a meeting in the Oval Office. “It’s going to be very difficult ...

Bloomberg Greater Sydney was put into a two-week lockdown to fight an outbreak of the highly-transmissible delta variant of the coronavirus, straining Australia’s so-called “Covid-zero” strategy as vaccinations lag behind other developed nations. Residents can only go out for reasons such as food shopping, medical care or essential work and education that can’t be done from their own homes, New ...