Bloomberg Ethiopian federal troops began an artillery offensive against the city of Mekelle as the government seeks to break the hold of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on the region. TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael confirmed that the government offensive is under way. There were no immediate reports of casualties or specific targets being hit, according to two senior United ...

Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co founder Ren Zhengfei called the sale of its Honor budget smartphone division a “clean break” that should free it from US restrictions and create a new powerhouse in the world’s largest mobile arena. Ren, blasting Trump administration tactics to contain his company, assured employees in a memo Honor will rapidly resume production after regaining access to ...

Bloomberg The World Economic Forum (WEF) is looking at sites in countries less affected by Covid-19 than Switzerland to replace Lucerne for the meeting scheduled to take place next May, according to the Schweiz am Wochenende newspaper. The Swiss newspaper, which didn’t say the source of the information, also published an interview with WEF founder, Klaus Schwab, who said the ...