Bloomberg The European Union (EU) rebuffed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest concessions on fishing rights, dealing a setback to efforts to secure a post-Brexit trade deal. Johnson spoke with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen twice by phone to try and break the deadlocked negotiations. The UK made an offer that would see value of the fish EU boats catch ...

Bloomberg The United Nations (UN) asked Ethiopia to grant humanitarian agencies access to the embattled Tigray region and allow independent investigations into alleged war crimes. The continuing lack of access, coupled with an ongoing communications blackout in many areas, increases concerns about the circumstances for civilians, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in a statement on ...

Bloomberg The US Commerce Department added more than 100 Chinese and Russian companies to a new list of firms it says have links to their nations’ militaries, a move that will sharply curtail certain types of exports. The list of 58 Chinese and 45 Russia companies means anyone seeking to sell items that could eventually be used for military purposes ...