Bloomberg The French government signalled it’s prepared to scrap an effort to raise the age at which workers can retire with full benefits to 64 in a bid to get the country’s moderate unions on board with president Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plan. “I am prepared to withdraw from the bill the short-term measure which I had proposed, consisting of ...

Bloomberg General Motors Co is moving forward with plans to revive its polarising Hummer brand, this time as an electric truck instead of an emblem of gasoline consumption, according to people familiar with the matter. The Detroit automaker plans to debut a pickup around 2022 with boxy styling cues reminiscent of the Hummers of yore, one of the people said. ...

Bloomberg Libya’s warring factions have embarked on a tenuous ceasefire in a nine-month war that has drawn in Russia and Turkey, following a call by the presidents of both countries to halt the fighting. Forces loyal to eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar, who launched the war in April against the internationally recognised government, and the Tripoli-based government reduced violence as ...