Bloomberg Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam says that she has “piles of cash” at home because she is denied basic banking services due to US sanctions. In an interview, Lam said the Hong Kong government has to pay her in cash because she does not have a bank account following sanctions imposed by the US on her and other ...

Bloomberg The Somali military executed three members of the Al-Shabab extremist group who were convicted of several killings in the capital Mogadishu. The three included Mohamed Haji Ahmed Ilkacase, chief of Al-Shabab’s assassination unit in Mogadishu, according to military court officials. They were executed by firing squad on Sunday, the attorney general of the Somali military court, Abdullahi Bulle Kamey, ...

Bloomberg Vice President-elect Kamala Harris dismissed the prospect of a rematch against President Donald Trump, who’s been signalling he could run again in 2024 if he can’t reverse the results of this month’s vote. Speaking to reporters at a holiday market in Washington, Harris made a scoffing sound when asked whether she and President-elect Joe Biden would be prepared to ...