Bloomberg Bayer AG is facing mounting opposition ahead of what’s shaping up to be its most contentious annual meeting in years, with influential shareholders faulting management for failing to foresee the risks of the company’s biggest deal ever. A growing number of shareholders have said they won’t support executives and supervisory board members in a no-confidence vote at Friday’s annual ...

Bloomberg Kim Jong-un is grappling for a way out of his stalemate in nuclear talks with Donald Trump as he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time on Thursday, seeking diplomatic support. The North Korean leader is expected to highlight his Kremlin counterpart’s backing for easing international sanctions on his tiny and battered economy when they meet on ...

Bloomberg A Hong Kong court sentenced Occupy protest organiser Benny Tai to 16 months in prison on charges he conspired to commit public nuisance, capping the China-backed government’s push to punish leaders of 2014’s mass pro-democracy demonstrations. Tai, 54, an associate law professor at the University of Hong Kong, was ordered to begin serving his time immediately by District Court ...