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Bloomberg Mali’s government said 25 soldiers were killed in a gun battle with militants who broke into an army base near the border with Burkina Faso, the second-deadliest attack on the military since extremists tried to seize the north of the country in 2012. “During heavy gunfire from the terrorists our forces succeeded in retaking the base” in the town ...

Bloomberg Australian PM Scott Morrison denied being pressured by President Donald Trump to help probe the origins of the US Justice Department’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Morrison said he had a brief telephone conversation with Trump, in which the president asked for a point of contact within the Australian government to help Attorney General William Barr ...

Bloomberg A Hong Kong police officer who fired a bullet into the chest of an 18-year-old protester may have inadvertently given new life to the months-long movement challenging Beijing’s authority. Demonstrators hit the streets again on Wednesday following the release of videos showing the man getting shot at close range after striking the officer with a metal rod. The violent ...

Bloomberg Talks to end the five-year conflict in eastern Ukraine produced the first major breakthrough since a lapsed 2015 peace accord, paving the way for an international summit to cement progress. Negotiators meeting in the Belarusian capital of Minsk agreed on a schedule under which elections will be held in the breakaway regions and a new law will be passed ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson outlined his plan for a new Brexit agreement and warned the European Union to compromise or watch the UK walk away from talks and leave the bloc without a deal. The UK prime minister declared that Britain is “ready” to break away from the EU without an agreement in four weeks’ time, if officials in Brussels do ...

Bloomberg Secretary of State Michael Pompeo kicked off a visit to Europe with talks that focussed on Italian concerns at the prospect of new US tariffs, just as the top American diplomat was drawn deeper into an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Pompeo met with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at his official residence in Rome, on the first ...

Bloomberg BMW AG’s namesake brand was neck-and-neck with its German rival in the US last month, edging Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz by a mere 34 cars and keeping the race for sales bragging rights close into the final stretch. BMW posted a 6 percent gain in September, delivering to 27,467 cars and sport utility vehicles. The 3 Series sedan was up ...

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to give tax authorities the power to harvest data from Facebook, Instagram and other social media to help detect fraud. The government wants parliament to include an article in the 2020 budget law granting the new powers to officials from the tax and customs administrations. The state will also screen online market places ...

Bloomberg A UK lawsuit filed against Google by millions of iPhone users over data-collection claims was given the go-ahead by London appeals judges who overturned an earlier ruling that had thrown out the case. The group, known as Google You Owe Us, were seeking as much as $3.9 billion, according to documents filed with the court last year. The organisation, ...

Bloomberg Denmark’s new left-wing government pledged tough laws to control housing costs and singled out Blackstone Group for “unsustainable” rental practices. Kaare Dybvad, the Danish housing minister, said Blackstone is “challenging” local legislation “where there are holes.” By taking advantage of those holes, the concern is that properties are being bought up and then rented out at prices that Danes ...