Bloomberg The UK government plans to create an independent environmental standards watchdog for England after Brexit, according to Environment Secretary Michael Gove. A consultation on the powers and scope of the body will be started early next year, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs said. With policies set out in full only in the EU treaties, environmental decisions …

Bloomberg Apple Inc., seeking a breakthrough product to succeed the iPhone, aims to have technology ready for an augmented-reality headset in 2019 and could ship a product as early as 2020. Unlike the current generation of virtual reality headsets that use a smartphone as the engine and screen, Apple’s device will have its own display and run on a new …

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump once again waded into the controversy of whether he thinks Russia meddled in last year’s election, saying on Sunday that he believes “very much in our intelligence agencies.” A day earlier, the US leader said that Vladimir Putin believed he didn’t interfere, prompting questions about whether Trump actually took the Russian president at his word. …