Bloomberg Denuclearisation is off the negotiating table with the US, North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations said in a strongly-worded statement that also criticized EU member nations for playing “the role of pet dog” to Washington. Ambassador Kim Song said that the “sustained and substantial dialogue” sought by the US with Pyongyang was a trick done to suit its ...

Bloomberg At least 43 people died in a blaze in New Delhi early Sunday morning, authorities said. The fire broke out in a factory operating in a residential area, Anil Mittal, a spokesman for the Delhi police said. The state government will give 1 million rupees ($14,000) to support families of those who died and 100,000 rupees to those injured, ...

Bloomberg Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Hong Kong to mark Human Rights Day and press for greater democracy in the city in the biggest rally in about six months. Protesters still clogged the main streets of the city hours after the masses began to leave the gathering point in Victoria Park in Causeway Bay and wind their way ...

Bloomberg The Pentagon chief wants to prioritise the deployment of US forces to the Asia-Pacific region from other areas, including Afghanistan, to confront a growing military competition with China. “What I want to do is reallocate forces” to the Indo-Pacific Command, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said at the Reagan National Defense Forum when asked about cutting troops in Afghanistan. “That’s ...

Bloomberg The UK is now in the final days of campaigning ahead of the December 12 general election. Polls in Sunday’s newspapers all give Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives a clear lead over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, though they differ by how much. Campaigners opposing Brexit are now urging voters who agree with them to vote “tactically” against the Tories— ...

Bloomberg Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy is getting used to being peppered with questions about Donald Trump. At a briefing during a recent tour of the Baltic region, he interrupted an interpreter relaying a question from a reporter. “Even without knowing your beautiful language, I understood,” he said. “We’re in Estonia now, but unfortunately everyone’s interested in what’s happening with Trump. ...

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc has begun to reshape top management, laying the groundwork for a new direction under its next boss. The bank is expected to announce the retirement within days of Marc Moses, chief risk officer and board member, said people familiar with the situation, who asked not to be named as the details aren’t public. The qualified accountant ...

Bloomberg Ukraine sealed a preliminary $5.5 billion loan programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), giving President Volodymyr Zelenskiy a boost before peace talks with Russia. The staff-level agreement includes policies to be carried out by Ukraine’s government to underpin the three-year programme, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a statement after a phone call with Zelenskiy. “The president ...

Bloomberg First there was the financial crisis of 2008. Then years of negative interest rates. Now, banks face what one financial regulator calls the “real game changer.” Jesper Berg, the head of the Financial Supervisory Authority in Denmark, says the next big threat for banks is the rapid spread of big tech into financial services. The competitive tool is personal ...

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc said investors should diversify their long-term bond holdings with gold, citing “fear-driven demand” for the precious metal. “Gold cannot fully replace government bonds in a portfolio, but the case to reallocate a portion of normal bond exposure to gold is as strong as ever,” Goldman analysts including Sabine Schels said. “We still see upside in ...