Bloomberg Phyllis Lam has lived in Hong Kong for 42 years. It’s where she was born, went to school, met her husband and planned to raise her two children. But like a growing number of Hongkongers disillusioned by China’s tightening grip on the city, Lam now feels she has little choice but to leave. “I have no confidence in Hong ...

Bloomberg Nine passengers died and eight were wounded when a bomb hit a mini-bus on the outskirts of Somali capital Mogadishu this morning, police said. The victims were travelling from the town of Afgoye to Mogadishu when a roadside bomb exploded, Yahye Ahmed, a police officer, said by phone. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast, though the police ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump vowed his administration would end what he called “mob violence” in US cities following the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of Minnesota police, blaming leftist groups for clashes with police and property damage around the nation. “The mobs are devastating the life’s work of good people and destroying their dreams,” Trump said ...

Bloomberg India announced a phased lifting of the nationwide lockdown by allowing malls, restaurants and places of worship to open from June 8, as the country attempts to revive an economy ravaged by the world’s toughest stay-at-home restrictions. The country, which had enforced sweeping and strict orders March 25, will limit the stringent rules to areas that have a large ...

Bloomberg The UK government came under pressure from its own scientists to show caution in easing the pace at which it’s lifting the lockdown, as the behaviour of the prime minister’s adviser Dominic Cummings faced fresh criticism from senior scientists and academics. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab defended the decision to allow some loosening of restrictions after a group of more ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he’s planning an expanded Group of Seven leaders meeting in the autumn, potentially even after the November election, postponing efforts to hold the event in June at Camp David. Trump, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, said he’d like to extend an invitation to leaders from Russia, Australia, India and South Korea as well ...

Bloomberg The UK is preparing a stimulus package to tackle the jump in unemployment due to the coronavirus, with expectations that the jobless rate could soon rise to more than 10%, the Financial Times reported, citing unidentified government officials. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is working with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on the plan , which is expected to ...

Bloomberg The European Union (EU) plans to revamp its steel-import restrictions to guard against major market distortions as the bloc’s economy recovers from the effects of the pandemic. The proposed changes apply to EU import curbs introduced two years ago to prevent a controversial 25% US levy on foreign steel from diverting global shipments to the European market and flooding it. ...

Bloomberg Twitter Inc. would be welcome to move to France should the social-media platform face an adverse operating environment in the US, French Junior Digital-Affairs Minister Cedric O said in an interview with Radio J on Sunday. “If Twitter would consider at some point that the US circumstances would no longer allow the company to develop according to its values, ...

Bloomberg Covid-19 has derailed the Canadian government’s plan to increase international migration levels this year. In the first release of data that covers the pandemic’s spread into Canada, the number of permanent residents who came to the country in March dropped by 29% from the same period last year, falling to 19,115 during the month. Temporary foreign workers were down ...