The European Commission vowed on Friday that negotiations over the potential transition period of Brexit could only start after its divorce issues were settled.
On Saturday, Sri Lanka is eager to sign a $1.1B deal with China on leasing its Southern Hambantota port after a few months of delay amid local protests over the deal could threaten national security.
Telecom Italia named Amos Genish as the company's General Manager of operations on Friday, the executive chairman stated, confirming the Reuters report.
The number of people injured in a commuter train crash in Barcelona Francia station climbed to 54; however, no deaths have been reported.
The mobile company Hutchison's Drei Austria is willing to buy the landline-focused Tele2 for the price of $111M amid firm's intention to rival Carlos Slim's telecommunications company Telekom Austria.
The Chinese bike-sharing start-up Ofo plans to raise $1B in a new fund-raising round managed by SoftBank Group, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
The British Finance Minister Philip Hammond explained on Friday that no legislative changes in immigration and trade are expected immediately after Brexit in March 2019.
According to the CCTV, the China air force is seeking to continue with the flight drills at the sea, despite any interference it could encounter.
On Friday, the Court of Pakistan disqualified from the office the country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, following a damning corruption inquiry into his family wealth.
On Friday, a commuter train crashed into buffer of a railway in the Barcelona's Francia station, leaving at least 48 people injured; hovewer, no deaths were reported at that moment.
According to the Statistics Bureau, the unemployment rate in Japan fell to 2.8% in June, compared to the prior month's 3.1% reading, surpassing expectations for a decline to 3.0%.
China's Baidu Inc posted an 83.5% rise in its Q2 profit as the company had been focusing on expanding its mobile and artificial intelligence services that raised earnings.
Malaysia's High Court announced it had set up a date for the trial of the two women suspected of killing the North Korea's leader half-brother Kim Jong Nam that would take place on October 2.
The General Motors Cadillac CEO Johan de Nysschen stated on Thursday that the firm was aimed to expand its sedans line-up and produce more hybrids, sport utility and electric vehicles amid new market shifts.
On Friday, Japan's Defence Minister Tamomi Inada stepped down from her post, following missteps and a series of gaffes at her ministry that led to a plunge in support for the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
According to a Baja California official, the son of Damaso Lopez Nunez, a detained Mexican drug kingpin, surrendered to the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
Late on Thursday, Wells Fargo said it would refund about $80M to approximately 570K customers hit by wrong car loan insurance charge.
On Friday, the Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said the country would join the US in imposing extra sanctions on North Korea over its weapons programmes.
According to the data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the country's PPI posted a 0.5% uptick during the Q2, matching analysts' estimates.
According to Forbes, Amazon.com Inc's CEO Bezos has become the richest person in the world, overpassing Bill Gates, reaching a fortune of $90.6B amid latest stock rise.
The US Top General stated that the Pentagon's policy on transgender personnel has not been changed, even after President Trump announced his desire to ban them.
Access Now, the digital rights group, has begun circulating the petition that urged Blackstone Group to give up possible investments in Israel's NSO Group, since the deal might be imminent.
The California Air Resources Board and the US Environmental Protection Agency had approved a fix for 326,000 Volkswagen AG diesel cars, which included software and hardware upgrades.
The EU states supported Germany's proposal to blacklist Russian companies and several more nationals who have delivered Siemens gas turbines to Crimea.