Bloomberg China’s new top official in Hong Kong said he is certain the city will stabilise following months of political unrest, backing leader Carrie Lam and her administration in his first public comments since being appointed. “I am fully confident about this,” Luo Huining, the new director of the Hong Kong Liaison office, said at a media briefing. “Everyone fervently ...

Bloomberg Croatians shot down President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic’s bid for a second term, electing the prime minister who led the nation into the European Union to rebalance politics in the bloc’s newest member. Zoran Milanovic, who ran the Adriatic state’s government from 2011 to 2015, won 52.7% of votes in the presidential runoff. Kitarovic, a former NATO executive whose popularity ...

Bloomberg Stocks extended their losses on Monday and oil built on gains as investors continued to grapple with the aftermath of a US airstrike that killed a powerful Iranian general. Gold surged to the highest in more than six years. Futures for the main American equity gauges retreated for a second session after Iran said over the weekend it would ...