Taxify is looking for a win over Uber, the industry leader, as it offers a larger part of profits for drivers and allows them to take fare in cash.
Colombia reached an agreement with teachers of public schools to stop a 37-day strike happened after the government failed its promise to enhance public education.
John Dowd, the Washington lawyer, was added to the team representing Donald Trump in the probe of possible collusion by the president's campaign and Russia.
The Kremlin revealed its negative view of the freshly proposed US sanctions against Russia and expected them to harm other countries, which should adhere to these sanctions.
Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan urged again for trade with Mexico, immigration reform and more global integration as methods to boost US economic growth.
Rolls Royce executive said that company believes there is demand for a new mid-market jet such as the one currently explored by Boeing and sees opportunity to work together on it.
US automaker General Motors is expected to open production facility at its assembly plant in Arlington, creating more than 850 new jobs.
Preliminary data from the University of Michigan showed that the US consumer sentiment declined unexpectedly to 94.5 in June, reducing optimism over the US economic outlook.
The Commerce Department report showed that US housing starts dropped 5.5% to an annualised rate of 1.09M units in May, the weakest figure since September 2016.
Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that he and his colleagues from the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt are working on a list of "grievances" that will be send to Qatar and that it should address.
Brigitte Zypries, the German Economy Minister, said that Germany will retaliate if the US Congress adopts new sanctions against Russia, which envisage various forms of punishment for companies participating in joint energy projects with Russia.
The British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said on Friday that the UK should behave pragmatically during the Brexit negotiations and actively cooperate with the European Union to find a mutually acceptable solution.
Helmut Kohl, the former Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998, died at the age of 87, the Bild announced on Friday.
On Friday, Queen Elizabeth and Prince William visited the Westway Sports Center to meet with rescuers and volunteers that help the London tower block fire's victims.
On Friday, the Apple Inc. announced that it has hired Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, the presidents of Sony Pictures Television, to help the company to conquer the TV show market and, thus, create a competition to the Netflix and Time Warner Inc.
On Friday, Amazon announced about it plans to buy the US organic supermarket chain Whole Foods for the price of $13.7B, as the online retailer seeks to conquer new territory in the supermarket aisle.
The US Vice President Mike Pence hired his own lawyer amid the necessity of assistance with the probes over the alleged role of Russia into the US President Donald Trump 2016 election campaign.
On Friday, the Kremlin spokesman declined to comment on whether the ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed by the Russian military in the Syrian city of Raqqa.
The German budget committee is planning to hold the debates over the compromise settlement for Greece on June 21, Reuters has reported this Friday.
On Friday, the CEO of Fiat Chrysler stated that the company's diesel woes in the US would not have any impact on its 2018 business targets.
The number of London high-rise block blaze casualties has risen to no less than 30 and the figure is expected to climb, while the police are looking into a possibility of criminal offence committed.
On Friday, the Russian military was believed to kill the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air strike during a meeting of the ISIS group's leaders in the Syria's Raqqa city.
The Chinese officials reported on Friday that the kindergarten blast attacker, who left eight people dead and 65 injured, appeared to have a neurological disorder.
On Friday, Istat reported that the Italian trade surplus narrowed to 3.60B euros in April, compared to the prior month's surplus of 5.31B euros, while analysts anticipated a steeper narrowing to 3.41B euros.