A Tennessee farm signed to Tyson Food Inc. has discovered a severe chicken flu and is about to cull out 73.5K of birds to prevent the strain outspread among the US food system.
Chinese media sources reported on Monday that the state would increase its defence budget 7% to $151.43 billion this year.
On Monday, Kazakhstan's parliament amended the country's constitution to restrict presidential powers in favour of those exercised by the cabinet and lawmakers.
Chinese officials said on Monday that the state would continue taking necessary measures to boost private investment.
A senior Republican lawmaker said on Sunday that details of the Obamacare replacement bill would probably be announced this week.
The Japanese Defence Minister reported on Monday that three out of the four ballistic missiles launched by North Korea landed just 300 km away from Japan's coast.
Iran tested successfully the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system it bought from Russia. The countries signed a contract in 2007, but it was suspended to 2010. In 2015, Russian lifted the ban for receiving S-300, and in November 2016 the contract came into force.
The US President Donald Trump accused the former president Barack Obama of wire tapping him during the late stages of the presidential election campaign, but provided no evidence to back the allegation.
Russia stands ready to continue fighting the Islamic State even without the US, the Russian presidential press secretary said, after Donald Trump pointed that he might shelve his plan to pursue a deal with the Kremlin on national security measures.
The Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar al Ja'afri said that following a 10-day talks in Geneva the participants agreed on an agenda for the next round of negotiations.
Deutsche Bank's supervisory board will gather to discuss a potential capital boost of around $8,5B. The bank studied a number of strategic measures, including an initial public offering of its minority stakes in its asset management business.
Peugeot is expected to announce a deal to buy Opel from General Motors on Monday after reaching an agreement with the US carmaker. The acquisition will make the French carmaker Europe's second biggest automotive manufacturer after Volkswagen.
The centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron strengthened his status as favourite to win the French presidency as pressure building on his counterpart Francois Fillon who faces a deepening financial scandal.
Britain's Foreign Minister Boris Johnson will visit Moscow to discuss differences between the two countries over Ukraine and Syria, in the first such visit for five years, the Foreign Office said.
China and India as the world's two biggest countries should concentrate on strengthening cooperation and enhancing mutual understanding rather than dwelling on disputes, a spokesperson for China's top legislature said.
The UK can leave the EU without paying any bills, as government lawyers claim that no law or treaty can oblige the country to make payments for any financial liabilities owed to the bloc.
Key members of the French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon's team continue quitting amid a fallout from a financial scandal. The latest to leave were Fillion's campaign chief Patrick Stefanini and the main spokesman Thierry Solere.
While China's Yuan is experiencing two-way fluctuations, market expectations remain stable about the currency's future trend, the central bank's Deputy Governor said, adding that China's forex reserves are more than suffecient.
China to defer implementation of nationwide property tax this year, despite growing expectations that such steps will soon be taken to restrain soaring property prices, a spokeswoman for China's parliament said.
China's military budget to rise 7% this year, the slowest pace since 2010 and following a 7.6% increase in 2016. The nation's defense spending will account for 1.3% of GDP, the same level as the past few years.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Germany after two Turkish ministers' rallies have been cancelled in German towns.
China's Central Bank Vice Governor Yi Gang hinted on Saturday that the bank does not plan to raise interest rates for now.
The Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Friday that the country was ready to negotiate changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement with the Trump administration.
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