Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to strengthen economic momentum and job creation, acknowledging some companies and citizens had endured a difficult 2023 in a rare admission of domestic headwinds facing the country.
The number of people killed in Africa’s central Sahel region is surging this year, contradicting the claims by the military rulers of Mali, Burkina Faso and now Niger that they are tackling insecurity.
North Korea continued to show no respect for basic human rights and freedoms of its people in 2022 while impunity for corruption continued to remain widespread, an annual U.S. report said Monday.
A supplier that’s crucial for Tesla and a host of automakers plans to explore for metals in a region of China tied to allegations of human rights abuses.
(Bloomberg) -- A Turkish court on Friday acquitted two Bloomberg reporters along with dozens of other defendants facing jail terms on charges of trying to undermine the country’s economic stability.
(Bloomberg) -- India disrupted or blocked internet access at least 106 times last year, making it the world’s biggest offender for the fourth straight year, according to a report from digital rights advocacy group Access Now.
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is seeking information from Volkswagen AG about a pair of planned joint ventures with companies accused of having a record of alleged human rights violations such as forced labor and human trafficking.