According to the Automobilwoche magazine's report, Volkswagen is evaluating chances of claiming damages from Bosch and Continental for failing to supply the required number of semiconductor chips.
The US President Joe Biden stated on Saturday that he would issue more regulations aimed at tackling climate change.
On Saturday, the German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier sent a letter to his Taiwanese colleague asking to help to persuade local manufacturers to supply more semiconductor chips needed for car production.
On Sunday, the government of Taiwan requested chip makers to deal with a shortage in the auto sector.
The US White House announced on Sunday that the US President Joe Biden had ordered an assessment of domestic extremism.
On Saturday, Reuters revealed that Scottish nationalists were preparing for a second independence referendum.
On Saturday, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated he looked forward to cooperation with the US President Joe Biden on shared goals, such as tackling climate change.
Germany's KBA, the motor vehicle authority, is looking into Tesla's touchscreen displays failures, demanding the US carmaker to provide more information after a similar request made by the US authorities.
The Administration of the US President Joe Biden is set to unveil more policies next week needed to fight climate change and called on China to severe one of its greenhouse gas emissions targets.
On Saturday, the US State Department urged China to halt its pressure against Taiwan, following the island's defence ministry statement on Chinese jets and bombers entering the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defence identification zone.
According to sources familiar with the matter, Brazil's Vale SA had managed to narrow the value of compensation for the Brumadinho disaster to $2B before talks fell apart.
The share value of vaping company from China, RLX Technology Inc, on Friday surged 86%, resulting in capitalizaiton reaching $35B.
On Friday, the US President Joe Biden promised his Mexican colleague Andres Obrador promised to change Trump's "draconian" approach towards immigration.
The Portuguese citizens will go to the poll on Sunday to elect their new president, as the ISC/ISCTE research institute poll showed that almost two-thirds of voters think the election should be postponed.
On Friday, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the Mexican President, said that he discussed the coronavirus pandemic, bilateral cooperation and migration with the US President Joe Biden.
As reported by the BBC on Saturday, UK's ministers would discuss on January 25 further tightening of COVID-19 travel restrictions.
On January 22, the Tokyo Stock Exchange approved the return of Toshiba Corp to the TSE's top category amid calls from Singapore-based ECM and the US hedge fund FCM for better governance.
According to a source with knowledge of the matter, AstraZeneca has told the EU officials that it would cut supplies of its coronavirus vaccine to the 27 EU countries by 60% to 31M doses in the Q1.
On Friday, the Finance Committee of the US Senate supported Janet Yellen's nomination for the seat of the US Treasury secretary.
The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office confirmed on Friday an official meeting with Joe Biden in February in which both leaders would discuss joint efforts against coronavirus.
On Friday, the Tokyo Stock Exchange approved return of Toshiba Corp's to its first section after goverance improvement.
On Friday, the US President Joe Biden had a first official phone call with his Mexican colleague Andres Obrador during which they discussed the pandemic, migration and bilateral cooperation.
On his first official day as the US President, Joe Biden ordered a fast issue of stimulus checks.
On Friday, US stock indices slightly declined, as Intel and IBM reported quarterly earnings results.