According to a highly-ranked South Korean official, North Korea pledged to send a cheering squad, athletes and a delegation of senior officials to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
According to analysts, the Bank of Japan may reduce monetary stimulus this year. The speculation appeared after the central bank announced it will decrease the amount of its purchases of sovereign bonds.
Intel Corp is set to create a new cybersecurity group in the consequence of newly disclosed microchip flaws, a newspaper reported citing a memo.
One of the largest US wireless carrier AT&T walked away from a deal of selling China's Huawei-made smartphones, according to a sources familiar with the matter.
Facebook's Oculus stated that it was cooperating with China's phone producer Xiaomi to make its new VR headset and an create exclusive version for the China market
Airbus is likely to increase output of narrowbody planes in China, as the company nears a deal to supply the world's largest aviation market during France's Emmanuel Macron visit.
The British Retail Consortium reported that the value of retail sales rose 0.6% on an annual basis in December, after increasing 0.6% in the preceding month.
The ANZ reported on Tuesday that building approvals jumped 11.7% in November, following the prior month's fall of 0.1%, whereas analysts anticipated a decline of 0.9%.
On Monday, the Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said that two rate hikes would be enough in 2018, pointing to weak inflationary pressures.
Official sources reported on Monday that the Head of the UN Mark Lowcock would pay a three-day visit to Syria starting Tuesday.
On Monday, Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly reported that consumer prices surged 2,616% over the last year.
The Federal Reserve reported on Monday that total consumer credit rose $28B to $3.83T in November, following the prior month's gain of $20.5B.
The Mexican vehicle industry group stated that the country's auto exports increased 16.7% in December, while production grew 1.5% in the same period.
Mike Pence, the US Vice President, is expected to visit Israel, Jordan, Egypt from January 20 to 23 to discuss ways of cooperation in the fight against terrorism, the White House stated.
Airbus offered China to be a producer of its A380 jet for the first time, aiming to ensure a new order for the weak-selling model, a source familiar with the matter said.
The EU next budget has to be bigger than the actual 1% of the bloc's GDP, despite the absence of the main net contributor Britain, the EC head Jean-Claude Juncker stated.
GoPro stated that the company anticipated the Q4 revenue to drop below the prior forecast, adding that it would cut more than 250 positions and quit drone business.
The UK banking, asset management and insurance job losses to the EU because of Brexit are unlikely to be as serious as feared, the financial district of London stated.
The UK house prices dropped unexpectedly 0.6% in December, the first decrease in six months, following a 0.3% gain in the prior month, Halifax stated.
The Euro zone's economic sentiment rose more than anticipated in December, while the business climate measure reached new highs in the same month, official data showed.
On Monday, the Turkish nationalist opposition stated that it would support the President Tayyip Erdogan in the Presidential election in 2019.
France has registered a record-high number of the asylum seeker requests in 2017, after Albanians had surpassed the list despite a low probability of obtaining the status of a refugee.
On Monday, the British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed the immigration minister Brandon Lewis as the Conservative Party's new chairman at the beginning of a reshuffle.
The British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson stated on Monday that Jerusalem should become the shared capital of Palestinian and Israeli states.