Bloomberg President Joe Biden’s promise to help vulnerable Afghans flee their country in the face of a Taliban onslaught is running up against his reluctance to budge from an August 31 deadline to withdraw all US forces. Refugee groups and former officials says he can’t sustain both. Biden said he was essentially putting Afghan allies of US and Nato forces ...

Bloomberg Ismail Sabri Yaakob was sworn in as Malaysia’s third prime minister in 18 months, heralding the return of a pro-Malay party that has dominated politics for decades and as the focus on reviving a pandemic-ridden economy becomes more urgent. The monarch presided over the swearing-in ceremony for Ismail, 61, the deputy leader of the previous government and a longtime ...

Bloomberg Four of the top five Canadian banks are taking a stricter stance with their return-to-office policies, requiring that workers be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before coming back to company buildings, while the fifth is moving in the same direction. Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and Bank of Montreal joined other major financial firms in requiring ...