Bloomberg Myanmar saw its deadliest day since the February 1 coup, with the United Nations saying at least 18 protesters were killed in a stark escalation of violence to quell persistent demonstrations against military rule. More than 30 other people were wounded when soldiers and police fired live ammunition into crowds in six cities across Myanmar, UN Human Rights Office ...

Bloomberg European Union (EU) ambassadors approved sanctions against four senior Russian law enforcement officials over the jailing of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, according to three people familiar with the decision. The restrictive measures are expected to be formally adopted by the bloc’s 27 capitals in a written procedure this week, said one of the people, who asked not to be ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump didn’t formally announce his candidacy for president at the year’s marquee conservative gathering, but inched close enough to effectively freeze the 2024 Republican field and put would-be rivals on notice that he remains both king and kingmaker. The former president’s central argument at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, was that he’s the best candidate ...