The German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated on Sunday that the European Union should not set more aspiring emissions goals despite explicit evidence of climate change.
Italy is set to start opposing the EU's next budget after member states failed to abide by the agreement reached in June on handling migrants, Luigi Di Maio, the Deputy Prime Minister, stated.
Government of French President Emmanuel Macron is set to tackle spending on social welfare in 2019, in the next wave of reforms, the Prime Minister stated, even though France is likely to face a weaker expansion outlook.
Simon Coveney, the Foreign Minister of Ireland, stated that it is very unlikely that Britain would crash out of the EU in 2018 without an agreement about its exit with the bloc.
Olaf Scholz, the German Finance Minister, stated that the country's public sector debt is likely to fall below the EU debt ceiling before the 2018 end, after data this week revealed that the economy was generating record-high surplus.
A global health service firm Cigna Corporation and Express Scripts, the provider of services of pharmacy benefit management, entered into a deal of Cigna acquiring Express Scripts for $67B.
The Chinese department store retailer Wangfujing stated its net profit more than doubled in the first half of this year from a year earlier to reach $109.57M, supported by the country's stable economic growth.
China's automobile imports witnessed solid growth pace in the month of July thanks to government attempts to lower tariffs for auto parts and autos, the General Administration of Customs stated.
Alibaba Group reported the fastest growth pace in more than four years, as it got higher revenue from new areas, including entertainment and cloud computing, and avoiding the disappointments that affected rival companies.
According to the Sunday Telegraph, the UK will start building its own satellite system to substitute a €10B Galileo project of the European Union.
The Foreign Minister of Syria Walid Muallem will pay an official visit to Russia in the upcoming week to discuss military situation, post-war reconstruction and trade relations.
The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe on Sunday put forward his candidacy for the post of head of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) despite average ratings.
On Sunday, the Foreign Minister of Australia Julie Bishop quit from a government formed by the country's new Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Jang Ha-sung, the Chief of Staff for Policy to South Korean President Moon, said on Sunday that the government must not only continue with but enhance income-led growth strategy.
The Iranian parliament decided on Sunday to fire the country's Finance Minister Masoud Karbasian for acute depreciation of national currency and overall aggravation of economic situation.
The Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif stated on Sunday that the United States is waging a deliberate psychological war against Iran and its economic partners.
According to the Tasnim news agency, the Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami landed in Syria on Sunday to meet with senior officials and discuss the country's reconstruction.
Taiwan's industrial production index increased 4.43% in July to 109, the island's economic affairs authority reports.
Jordan condemns Israel for arresting few employees of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Department in Jerusalem, the state-run Petra news agency reports.
Iran is discussing the construction of a nuclear power plant with an ability to produce 3,000 MW of electricity, an Iranian minister says.
The United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulated his Uruguayan counterpart Tabare Vazquez over the Uruguayan Independence Day.
The Myanmar President U Win Myint plans to visit to Nepal to meet with the Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, the Information Ministry says.
Taiwan's unemployment rate declined to 3.81% in July, a decline of 0.03% compared to the same period the previous year, the island's statistics agency reports.
India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj plans to visit Vietnam and Cambodia in the last days of August, official sources say.