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Opposition leaders and rights activists are jailed as presidents previously hailed as democrats turn repressive. It wasn’t always this way.

Omnicom Group Inc. and Interpublic Group have discussed with US antitrust officials not withholding online advertising for political reasons as a possible condition for winning approval to form the ...

China’s largest shipping company is among the firms in talks to invest in a multinational consortium seeking to buy billionaire Li Ka-shing’s global ports, according to people familiar with the matter ...

Israel’s strike on Iran has injected a fresh bout of geopolitical risk into an oil market that has been in the doldrums due to concerns about the global economy and supply increases from OPEC+.

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Bloomberg News Now is a comprehensive audio report of today's top stories. Hear the latest news, updated throughout the day, covering global business stories in just a few minutes.

South Korea’s troubled retail chain Homeplus Co. opened itself up to a takeover as its private equity owners seek to avoid the firm’s liquidation.

Rare earths are among the most critical raw materials on the planet, deeply embedded in the technologies that underpin modern life. Yet few people have heard of them or know what they do. (Source: Blo ...

The Trump administration must pull back on its use of military troops in Los Angeles to deal with protests over the president ...

The key question for markets following Israel’s strike on Iran is whether the fallout can be contained, say strategists.

Meta Platforms Inc. said it finalized a multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI and recruited the startup’s chief executive officer to help oversee its artificial intelligence efforts — an unusual ...