Bloomberg Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon vowed to maintain pressure on the UK for another referendum on independence and said the standoff with PM Boris Johnson over the issue is just a “phony battle.” In an interview with Bloomberg Television in Brussels on Monday, she also repeated the possibility of asking the courts to decide whether the Scottish Parliament already ...

Bloomberg The Department of Justice announced charges on Monday against four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for the 2017 hack of Equifax Inc, according to US Attorney General William Barr. Barr said the charges stem from “breaking into the computer systems” of the credit-reporting company and stealing intellectual property and sensitive personal information at a unprecedented scale. At ...

Bloomberg Attorney General William Barr acknowledged for the first time on Monday that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has been giving the Justice Department (DOJ) information he collected in Ukraine, bringing what was a stealth campaign into official government channels. Barr said, however, that information coming from Ukraine must be carefully vetted to ensure it is accurate and ...