Bloomberg Krispy Kreme Inc’s shares rose in their first day of trading, giving the doughnut chain a much-needed lift a day after it was forced to downsize its initial public offering. The stock reversed an early decline and jumped 24% to $21 a share in New York. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company, which is owned by investment firm JAB Holdings ...

Bloomberg Tens of thousands of Afghan families are fleeing to escape the Taliban’s rapid advance into the country’s northern region, part of a larger refugee crisis that is brewing as the US speeds up its troop withdrawal after two decades of war. The militants have burned down farmland and forced citizens to leave their towns and villages, Mohammad Amiri, a ...

Bloomberg A Hong Kong court sentenced a US lawyer to prison for a scuffle with a plainclothes police officer at the height of pro-democracy protests in 2019. Samuel Bickett, 37, was given a term of four months and two weeks on Tuesday on one charge of assaulting a police officer. The former Asia-Pacific compliance director at Bank of America Merrill ...