A number of major investment funds, including the World Bank's group member International Finance Corporation, have agreed to invest $50M in the Hong-Kong's start-up CompareAsiaGroup that helps Asian consumers to select and acquire financial products.
Nestle's group health science business unit is planning to form a joint venture with pharmaceutical company Enterome to develop microbiome-based diagnostics for liver and bowel diseases.
A young man got a head injury and was given hospital treatment after he had taken part in the Bull Run at San Fermin festival in the Spanish city of Pamplona.
The Cabinet of Thailand approved the $258M purchase of the eight South Korean T-50 fighter jets, the PM Prayuth Chan-ocha reported on Tuesday.
According to Sky News, the US President Donald Trump is planning his visit to Britain for the next year, following the UK PM Theresa May's invitation in January.
Tesla's CEO Elon Musk revealed the first pictures of a new $35K Model 3 sedan on his Twitter account, intending to roll off the production line.
Eight people were reported to be dead, including a child as gunmen started shooting after holding them hostage in the Thai Southern region of Krabi.
The online retailer Amazon won India's approval to invest in the domestic food retail following the company's intention to expand in the fast-growing economy.
On Monday, Mexican authorities launched an investigation into the death of a Honduran journalist Edwin Rivera Paz, who was found shot dead in Acayucan on Sunday.
The four Arab states are seeking to step up pressure on Qatar as Doha broke a promise of a previously secret accord not to meddle into the Gulf states affairs.
John Williams, the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President, said he expected another interest rate hike later this year and added that inflation would rise to two percent in the upcoming year.
Haider al-Abadi, the Prime Minister of Iraq, announced on Monday the final victory in the battle for Mosul and warned of the challenges ahead in eliminating the Islamic State.
According to the KUNA news agency, the UK, US and Kuwait called for a dialogue between Qatar and four other Gulf states to end tensions in the region as soon as possible.
According to the Nikkei business daily, the Mt. Gox's top manager Mark Karpeles pleaded not guilty to charges of data manipulation and embezzlement.
Irish consumer sentiment rose to the 16-month high in June, with more than a half of respondents expected the Irish economy to expand in the year ahead.
French government ministries are set to identify €4.5B in savings this year, aiming to post the deficit below 3% of GDP on their budgets alone, without increasing taxes.
At least 26 Belarusian beef or poultry manufacturers were allowed to supply their products to China, Belarusian official Alexander Subbotin revealed.
Eurostat revealed that two-thirds of all EU member states witnessed increases in population during the year of 2016, with the largest increases in Luxembourg, Sweden, Malta.
The US President Donald Trump's eldest son is "happy" to work with the Senate intelligence panel investigating potential Russian interference in the US presidential election.
The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Kuwait for discussions on the Gulf crisis.
Leaders from the European Union called on Monday for countries with rapid growth, including Germany, to increase public spending.
The United States plans to put to a vote a UN Security Council resolution to impose stricter sanctions on North Korea over its ballistic missile test.
The US President Donald Trump on Monday pressed the Congress to pass health care legislation after the House of Representatives gave a green light to the bill in May.
The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi officially announced victory over the Islamic State in the city of Mosul on Monday.