Bloomberg European Union Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier dug in and stressed a hardline trade position just as UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s key ministers were starting to unite behind a Brexit policy that may soothe rifts in her Cabinet. Barnier used an interview with the Guardian newspaper published to rule out a special carve-out for the UK financial services industry …

Bloomberg Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a new Cabinet team, seeking to rejuvenate his beleaguered government and capitalise on renewed momentum going into the new year. The revamp will see Attorney-General George Brandis be replaced by Christian Porter, Turnbull told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday. Michaelia Cash became minister for jobs and innovation, while Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce …

Abu Dhabi / WAM Louvre Abu Dhabi’s first special exhibition, ‘From One Louvre to Another: Opening a Museum for Everyone’, will open to the public on December 21 and run until April 7, 2018. The exhibition traces the history of France’s Musee du Louvre in the 18th century through 150 paintings, sculptures, decorative arts and other works of art from …