The Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono visits China this weekend to discuss bilateral ties, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying says.
The Canadian government is pleased with the US International Trade Commission decision to drop heavy duties on Bombardier CSeries jets, the Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland says.
The current governor of Taiwan's central bank, Perng Fai-nan, is likely to be replaced by his deputy, Yang Chin-long, when he retires the next month.
The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made a request to the Constitutional Court to block the former Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont from re-taking his post.
The detained Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing in the corruption scandal and released within days.
The Brazilian plane maker Embraer says that the Canada "heavily and illegally subsidizes" Bombardier and its CSeries program, distorting the aviation industry.
Airbus plans to build a new assembly line in Alabama after the US International Trade Commission voted 4-0 to block US tariffs on the Canadian jet.
Tokyo's leading cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck was hacked and lost virtual money nearly $534M worth, the local broadcaster reported.
Samsung Electronics announced that the company would consolidate TV production plants in Slovakia by closing one of the two the country's production facilities.
Lockheed Martin was being awarded a modification of $459M to an earlier awarded contract for additional THAAD interceptors and related services production.
The US derivatives regulator is expected to announce that it has fined the HSBC, Deutsche Bank and UBS millions of dollars each due to manipulation in the country's futures market.
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) decided on Friday not to impose on Canada's Bombardier weighty tariffs on sales of its CSeries planes to local carriers, thus rejecting Boeing's claim.
Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer stated on Friday it supports his country's request to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to examine whether Canadian Bombardier received "billions of dollars of subsidies".
On Friday, the President of France Emmanuel Macron called the European Union to impose another set of sanctions against Venezuela, referring to growing authoritarianism of its government.
According to the USA Gymnastics group spokeswoman Leslie King, all remaining members of the board will resign amid the scandal related to sexual abuse of female athletes, thus complying with the US Olympic Committee's demand.
The President of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan stated on Friday that military operation against the Kurdish YPG militia in northern Syria is likely to extend right up to the border with Iraq.
In a statement published on Friday, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) promised to give Turkey "the appropriate response" if it decides to extend offensive to the frontier with Iraq.
On Friday, the Jordanian government said it will finish provision of subsidies on staple pitta bread in order to alleviate the country's budget.
The Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov stated on Friday that Russia has no duty to comply with sanctions unilaterally imposed by the United States on North Korea.
The US economy revealed a slower-than-anticipated growth pace of 2.6% in the Q4, compared with 3.2% in the prior quarter, with solid consumer spending resulting in an increase in imports.
Statistics Canada stated that the country's consumer price growth was at 1.9% in December, cooling from 2.1% registered in the prior month, due to a decline in gasoline prices.
The Census Bureau stated that the US durable goods orders rose 2.9% over the course of December, following an upwardly revised 1.7% gain in the previous month.
The UK gross domestic product rose at the strongest pace of 2017, surging 0.5% in the December quarter, as Brexit was weighing less on the country's economy.
On Friday, the package delivery firm FedEx stated it was planning to spend over $3.2B in wage rise, bonuses, capital investment and pension funding, taking the lower tax rates advantage.