Bloomberg One of the deadliest extremist attacks in the seven-year insurgency in Mali has stoked fresh anger over the government’s failure to halt raids, months after protests forced the prime minister to resign. The Sahel region, the arid band on the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert, is experiencing unprecedented levels of violence as militants seek to extend their influence ...

Bloomberg As others automakers plan battery-powered SUVs and trucks, Toyota Motor Corp’s vision for the future of driving remains a hydrogen-sipping sedan. The Japanese behemoth will begin sales late next year of the second-generation Mirai, its fuel cell-powered four-door, and ramp up annual production by 10-fold from the current model. Toyota’s bet that it can position a hydrogen sedan for ...

Bloomberg Vietnam’s economic expansion this year may exceed the higher end of an official estimate, President Nguyen Phu Trong said. Growth may be more than 6.8%, and gross domestic product may surpass $266 billion, Trong said in a government statement on Sunday. That compares with the official 6.6% to 6.8% range forecast. Vietnam’s 2019 inflation rate is expected to be ...