A survey published on Friday showed that there was no clear frontrunner in Costa Rica's presidential election next month, meaning there would probably be a second-round runoff.
The Unification Ministry of South Korea reported on Saturday that the unexpected cancellation of North Korea's visit to South Korea to prepare for the Winter Olympics was "not a permanent cancellation".
The US Senate was short of the votes required to approve the spending bill to keep the Federal government running, although the high-level negotiations continued.
Pope Francais has issued a ringing defence of the Amazon's environment and the people, saying that giant businesses could not be allowed to destroy planet's natural habitat.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Archer Daniels Midland, the US grain merchant, has proposed a merger with Bunge, a move that could initiate a battle with Swiss rival Glencore.
Google has announced a patent licensing agreement with Tencent Holdings as the company was looking forward to expand in China, where many products are blocked by local regulators.
President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the prospects of agreeing the Euro zone reforms, claiming they are committed to strengthen Euro bloc jointly.
Fitch Ratings said that AAA credit rating for the US would not be affected by a possible government shutdown, which could occur if lawmakers fail to agree on government funding.
Airbus is in negotiations to sell more A380 planes to British Airways in 2018 after securing a $16B order with its biggest customer Emirates.
A US State Department official told reporters that Iran will dominate in Rex Tillerson's conversations next week, when Tillerson will visit Paris, London, Warsaw and Davos.
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck near Baja California in Western Mexico, but officials of Mexico claimed that there were not reports of injuries or damage.
On Friday, officials said that the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau is going to visit Chicago, San-Francisco and Los-Angeles in February to boost support for NAFTA.
The New York Federal Reserve has downgraded its estimate of the US GDP for the first quarter of 2018 to 3.07% due to sluggish homebuilding data in December.
Thousands of Hungarian students and schoolchildren demanded on Friday new reforms that would substitute the country's outdated educational system.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a lawsuit against three virtual currency operators over customer fraud and other charges.
Honda Cars India Ltd is to recall 22 834 vehicles from the market as a precautionary measure due to faulty Takata front airbag inflators.
The University of Michigan reported on Friday that the US consumer sentiment slid to 95.9 in December, thus marking the third consecutive month of decline.
The Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that the country would grant €25M to socially important projects led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The Lebanese group Hezbollah's leader accused Israel of bombing the city of Sidon that wounded Hamas group's member, calling it an act of aggression.
On Friday, Amazon.com hiked the monthly fee of its Amazon Prime service by 18% to $12.99, following the previous price of $10.99.
On Friday, the President Donald Trump has cancelled his plans to travel to Florida amid the Congress midnight deadline on legislation over the US government shutdown.
Delta Air Lines has decided to tighten the on-board requirements for passenger with emotional support animals, caused by an upsurge in the animal-related safety concerns in the last few years.
According to some analysts, North Korea may try holding a military parade on the Olympics' eve next month in South Korea, despite both countries seek to mend their ties.
Chinese tech firm Xiaomi is planning to expand its India's store network as the company seeks to outstrip the Korean rival Samsung.