Bloomberg Kosovo agreed to postpone a plan to make government-issued identification cards and car plates mandatory for all residents after members of its restive Serb minority blockaded roads in protest. Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008, delayed the planned rule until September 1 rather than imposing it on Monday as originally planned. Nato’s peace-keeping mission in the former ...

  Bloomberg Myanmar will prioritize restoring stability before holding elections, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing said a day after the military government extended the country’s state of emergency for another six months until February 1, 2023. The regime will prioritize improving the country’s public security system and restoring law and order to hold free and fair elections, Min Aung Hlaing ...

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc shares rise after it delivered better-than-estimated profits and pledged to return to paying quarterly dividends next year as it seeks to head off a call by its largest shareholder to split up. Helped by rising interest rates and a jump in income from currency trading, adjusted pretax profits rise 13% to $5.97 billion in the second ...