Bloomberg Zimbabweans are relying on Tesla Inc. to help them pay their bills. Amid power outages of as long as 18 hours a day, Econet Wireless Ltd., Zimbabwe’s biggest mobile-phone operator, is turning to Palo Alto, California-based automaker and storable-energy company for batteries that can keep its base stations running. The country faces chronic shortages of physical cash, so almost ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged billions of pounds for education, social care and transportation, and warned Conservative lawmakers to get behind his Brexit plan or face losing their party affiliation. Prime minister tells Sunday Times: “The fundamental choice is this: are you going to side with Jeremy Corbyn and those who want to cancel the referendum?” Michael Gove, ...

Bloomberg The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded Hurricane Dorian to a “catastrophic” Category Five, the highest on its five-point scale, as the storm readies to batter the Bahamas with life-threatening surges of water and devastating winds. The forecast for Florida improved in the past day even as the situation for North Carolina is beginning to look grim. Yet the slow-moving, ...