Avianca Brasil cancelled more than 1.3K flights, Brazil's media reported, as the bankrupt airline was forced to diminish fleet by more than two-thirds.
China's fixed-asset investment in transport grew 3.3% year-over-year to reach nearly $55.5B in the March quarter, showing a steady growth in the period, official data revealed.
The Cuban government ordered the state-run power system to diminish further electricity generation in a sign that the cash crunch exacerbated by the new US sanctions was taking human and economic toll.
Japan's MUFG is expected to book about $893.34M charge in the fiscal year ended March after the credit card unit stopped new system's development, but is likely keep the full-year profit outlook.
The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia stated that they agreed to send Sudan $3B worth of aid to throw a lifeline to new leaders after protests resulted in the president's ousting.
Japan's Toyota Motor stated that it established the research institute in Beijing partnering with Tsinghua University to study vehicle technology using green technologies, such as hydrogen power.
Business confidence improved in the first quarter of 2019 after declining for two consecutive quarters, the People's Bank of China reports.
Trade between Belarus and Ukraine increased for a third consecutive year to $5.3B in 2018 from $4.6B in 2017, the Ukrainian State Statistics Service reports.
The Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and the Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi agreed to improve bilateral ties at a meeting in Cairo.
China's artificial intelligence company iFlytek reported a net profit rise of 24.71% to $80.8M in 2018, an annual report shows.
Output of German breweries increased by 2.2% to 8.7B litres in 2018, an increase of 184M litres, the Federal Statistical Office Destatis reports.
Italy has registered a slight economic growth of 0.1% in the first quarter of 2019, pulling out of recession, the Bank of Italy reports.
A total of 48 projects with a total value of $7.6B were signed at the China Tianjin International Fair for Investment and Trade in China's Tianjin Municipality.
A total of 1.59M tourists visited Morocco in January and February, a 7.6% increase compared to the same period the prior year, Morocco's Tourism Ministry reports.
The foreign trade of Uzbekistan increased by 27% to $9.4B in 2018, compared to the previous year, the Uzbek statistics committee reports.
Chicago welcomed more than 57.7M tourists in 2018, earning more than $16B from tourist expenditures, the annul tourism report compiled by the Chicago Mayor's Office shows.
The Japanese consumer prices increased 0.8% in March after a 0.7% increase in February, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reports.
Laos expects exports to China to increase to $1,510M in 2019, while imports to decline to $985M, the latest projections from the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce show.
US business inventories reached $2.02T in February, an increase of 0.3% from January, a report published by the US Census Bureau shows.
The US Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reports better regional manufacturing conditions in April based on the results of the Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has provided around $268M for Belt and Road science and technology projects since the year 2013, the CAS President Bai Chunli says.
Myanmar's trade with other countries reached $4.83B in the current fiscal year, an increase from $4.64B the prior year, the Commerce Ministry reports.
The export of tuna to China from Vietnam surged 771% in the first two months of 2019, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers reports.
Emerson Electric, headquartered in the US, has opened a $17.1M research and development centre in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou, the local government reports.