Bloomberg The Pentagon said the US and Poland have completed negotiations on an expanded defense cooperation agreement that will result in 1,000 additional US personnel being sent to the Eastern European country on a rotational basis. The increased presence will include forward elements of the US Army’s V Corps headquarters and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, Secretary of Defense Mark ...

Bloomberg China could take aim at American journalists in Hong Kong, if the US doesn’t renew visas for Chinese journalists, Global Times Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin said. “From what I know, given that the US side hasn’t renewed visa of Chinese journalists, Chinese side has prepared for the worst scenario that all Chinese journalists have to leave the US,” Hu said ...

Bloomberg On an overcast morning last month, Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic arrived at a military airport near Belgrade to pose with six Chinese-made attack drones. “They have a long range, they can shoot at targets from a distance of nine kilometers and record the terrain, objects of interest to Serbia deep within enemy territory,” Vucic said standing alongside Serbian troops ...

Bloomberg Protests against economic turmoil, arrests and human-rights abuses in Zimbabwe have moved online with a hashtag that’s plays on the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The #ZimbabweanLivesMatter tag started after security forces blocked a street demonstration last week. It draws on the success of the global movement highlighting racial injustice that gained prominence after the death in May of George Floyd in ...

Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE) is facing pressure from green campaigners to revise its pandemic rescue program after research showed it’s effectively subsidising polluting industries while claiming tackling climate change is a priority. The central bank’s 20 billion pound ($26 billion) Corporate Bond Purchase Scheme favours carbon intensive industries such as energy production and manufacturing, according to a report ...

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc is planning a big boost to its wealth management staff in China in a bid to lift its sagging profits, increasing its presence in the face of mounting political tensions between Beijing and Western governments. In conjunctions with its earnings release, which revealed first-half profit halved, the bank said it’s targeting to hire 2,000 to 3,000 ...

Bloomberg British lenders have offered a taste of how much the worst recession in centuries is going to cost. The bill’s already at $22.4 billion. Write-offs at the country’s six biggest banks so far this year roughly equal Barclays Plc’s current market value. “There’s likely more of that to come, and with low interest rates dragging on revenues, full year ...

Bloomberg HDFC Bank Ltd. named Sashidhar Jagdishan as its new chief executive officer, breaking almost three decades of continuity under his predecessor at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is roiling India’s financial sector. The Reserve Bank of India cleared Jagdishan’s appointment for a three-year term starting Oct. 27, HDFC Bank said in an exchange filing on Tuesday. He replaces ...

Bloomberg Societe Generale SA said two deputies to Chief Executive Officer Frederic Oudea are stepping down in a shakeup of top management, as the bank vowed to accelerate the transformation of its business after posting the biggest loss since the onset of the financial crisis. As part of the overhaul, Deputy CEO Severin Cabannes will leave his post at the ...

Bloomberg Australia’s central bank kept its interest rate and yield target unchanged, while announcing it will end a three-month hiatus in bond buying, as Victoria state’s tighter and longer lockdown adds to headwinds. Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe and his board left the cash rate and three-year bond yield target at 0.25% on Tuesday, as expected by most ...