The head of the Banque du Liban stated in an interview on Friday that the new fiscal budget of the country is attempting to cut one of the world's top debt-to-GDP ratios.
The head of the central bank of Lebanon Riad Salameh has stated that the IMF criticism of the country's government finances is valid.
On Saturday Xinxhua reported that Chine has started building its first artic cruise ship for the Polar Silk Road initiative.
Russian authorities have announced that the 23 British diplomats set for expulsion have to leave within a week.
Russian authorities have summoned the ambassador of the United Kingdom Laurie Bristow for a meeting.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday announced that he would hold a referendum every two years to appraise his performance.
The parliament of Chinese People's Republic formally re-elected the country's President Xi Jinping on Saturday with no votes cast against him.
Wang Qishan has been approved by the Chinese parliament as the Vice President of Xi Jinping. However, there was one vote cast against the candidate.
The former first lady of Mexico Margarita Zavala has collected the required amount of signatures to run in the July 1 presidential election of the country.
The now fired second most important executive of the FBI has claimed that he was fired due to being a crucial witness in the FBI investigation of the Trump ties with Russia.
Facebook officials have explained that the Trump associated Cambridge Analytica firm has been suspended from Facebook due to violations of privacy policies.
The Attorney General of the US Jeff Sessions has fired the second most important official of the FBI Andrew McCabe.
The Agriculture Minister of Mexico Jose Calzada stepped down on Friday to start a presidential campaign from the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
Facebook Inc.recently announced that the company has suspended a political analytics firm Cambridge Analytics, which worked for Trump in 2016.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the President of France Emmanuel Macron promised to overcome differences, aiming to form a roadmap for the Euro zone's reform.
The Finance Ministry of Russia stated that it raised $1.5B worth of Eurobonds and $2.5B worth of top-up Eurobonds maturing in 2029 and 2047, respectively.
The US State Department, Coca-Cola and two other companies stated that they were launching a project that uses blockchain technology to create registry that would help to fight the forced labour use worldwide.
The US President Donald Trump signed legislation that would encourage the US to send its senior officials to meet Taiwan's counterparts and vice versa.
The US President Donald Trump is negotiating with various countries about exemptions to the proposed US steel and aluminium import tariffs.
A Caterpillar Inc. spokeswoman has revealed to Reuters that the two CAT facilities to be shut down are a tools facility in Texas and a showroom in Panama.
The Finance Ministers of France and Germany on Friday agreed to draw up the final plan for a Euro Zone reform until June.
After a turbulent week in US politics US stock markets gained value and ended the day's trading slightly higher.
Although Caterpillar Inc. announced a new restructuring plan, the company's stock still managed to surge near 1.5% during Friday's trading session.
Caterpillar Inc. have announced that the company will shut down two plants. Due to the restructuring almost 880 jobs could be cut.