Bloomberg French labour unions called for a new day of protests seeking to force President Emmanuel Macron to either sweeten his pension-reform plan or abandon it. After more than 800,000 protesters took to the streets across France — the biggest such turnout since Macron took office in May 2017 — unions have been emboldened. They have extended their strikes into ...

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, ...