Bloomberg The US State Department cited the Chinese government’s crackdown on ethnic Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region as one of six places in the world that are witnessing or are at risk of atrocities and crimes against humanity, as the US explores new ways to try to prevent such violence. “The crimes against humanity include imprisonment, torture, enforced sterilisation and ...

Bloomberg Japan for the first time referred to the importance of stability around Taiwan in its annual defense report, ratcheting up its concerns over the island that has been a flashpoint in tensions between China and the US The wording in the “Defense of Japan” white paper released on Tuesday increased friction between the two biggest economies in Asia. A ...

Bloomberg South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination program has been partially halted as violent protests following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma rage in two key provinces. State-administered inoculations have been suspended in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng, the economic hub, said Nicholas Crisp, a consultant to the National Health Department who is helping oversee the program. “We are clearly not ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a rebellion in Parliament from his own Conservatives to force his government to abandon plans to slash its foreign aid budget by about $5.6 billion. Though he enjoys a significant majority in the House of Commons, there are some Tory members of Parliament who believe they have the numbers to defeat Johnson and ...

Bloomberg The US will warn American companies this week of the increasing risks of operating in Hong Kong, the Financial Times (FT) reported, as Washington seeks to ramp up pressure over Beijing’s crackdown on the financial center. The risks include the Chinese government’s ability to gain access to data that foreign companies store in Hong Kong, the FT said on Tuesday, ...

Bloomberg Google was fined $593 million in France after the search giant failed to follow an order to thrash out a fair deal with publishers to use their news content on its platform. The Alphabet Inc unit ignored a 2020 decision to negotiate in good faith for displaying snippets of articles on its Google News service, the Autorité de la ...

Bloomberg Londoners have returned to their city center with a bang. Rents in central districts surged 4.3% in June from the previous month, the fastest pace on record, as the easing of lockdown restrictions lured tenants back to urban life, according to estate agent Hamptons International. That’s the first time since the start of the pandemic that rents saw a ...

Bloomberg The European Union (EU) is set to propose all new cars sold from 2035 should have zero emissions, as part of an unprecedented plan to align its economy with more ambitious climate targets. The European Commission, the bloc’s regulatory arm, plans to require emissions from new cars and vans to fall by 65% from 2030 and drop to zero ...

Bloomberg Canada’s transportation authority imposed new rules on its two largest railroad companies operating in wildfire-ravaged British Columbia as it investigates whether a freight train caused a blaze that destroyed a village two weeks ago. Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Co will have to ensure they can respond within 60 minutes to any fire detected along rail ...

Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire RiskIQ, a security software maker, as the tech giant tries to expand its products and better protect customers amid a rising tide of global cyberattacks. The deal will be announced as soon as the next few days, said the people, who asked not to be identified speaking about an acquisition that isn’t yet ...