On Friday, Finance Ministers of the European Union agreed to remove Saint Kitts, Nevis and Bahamas from the bloc's tax haven blacklist.
Siemens stated on Friday it would invest $11.73M into the Northvolt's project worth $5B to build the EU biggest lithium-ion plant in the northern Sweden.
Tehran is calling on the European Union to provide the measures by this month's end that would save the Iran nuclear deal, following the US decision to withdraw from the accord.
On Friday, Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih stated that the initial public offering of the oil titan Aramco was likely to take place in 2019, confirming its delay of the listing scheduled for this year.
A Partners Group Holding-led consortium is set to acquire the German metering firm Techem from Macquarie in a deal worth $5.4B, the Swiss asset manager stated on Friday.
According to the Swedish magazine Resume, Telia, Sweden's telecom group, is in advanced talks to acquire a broadcasting business of the media firm Bonnier for the price of up to $1.38B.
Poland's telecoms and media group Cyfrowy announced late on Thursdat that it had agreed to acquire a majority stake in the sports content distributor Eleven Sports Network Sp.z o.o. for $44.48M.
On Thursday, the Brazilian electronics firm Multilaser Industrial has filed for an initial public offering, seeking to sell an undisclosed amount of its stake.
Tencent's China social media service WeChat has dropped its dating website called SeekingArrangement from the platform, as the popularity of the app attracted scrutiny from the local media.
On Thursday, the US jury has ruled Samsung Electronics to pay $539M to Apple for copying its patented smartphone features, ending a years-long feud between the companies.
Ireland is set to go to the polls on Friday to vote on the legalisation of abortion with no clear outcome in sight.
Oil prices fell early on Friday following a comment that Russia might gradually increase its oil supply to the market.
The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation that deals with personal data protection and enhanced consumer rights goes into effect today.
The Finance Minister of Malaysia Lim Guan Eng promised on Friday that the government will honour its obligations with respect to $9.54B debt raised by bankrupt 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
The Indonesian Parliament adopted on Friday a set of new counter-terrorism laws that inter alia enable police to preventively detain suspect and prosecute people who recruit or join terrorist and militant groups.
The US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross will make an official visit to China in early June to discuss the ongoing trade dispute between the world's two largest economies.
The President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto said on Thursday he believes that a new Free Trade Agreement can be reached despite American position on automobile tariffs.
Apple blocked the biggest PC-based video games distributor's plans to expand its reach into iPhones, the game distributor stated.
Alphabet's Google was seen attempting to ease concerns about the new European privacy law's effects on the company's advertising business.
The Foreign Minister of Japan stated that his Mexico's counterpart pledged to protect the Japanese firms' interests in negotiations to review the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Prince William, Queen Elizabeth's grandson, is expected to visit Ramallah and Jerusalem, when becoming the first British royal family member to visit the Palestinian territories and Israel next month.
On Thursday, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin claimed that the Iran nuclear deal needs to be preserved and Russia welcomes efforts of European powers to save the agreement despite the withdrawal of the US.
On Thursday, the President of France Emmanuel Macron claimed that Russia and France are planning to establish a coordination mechanism which would help to resolve political crisis in Syria.
On Thursday, the Minister of Agriculture of Brazil Blairo Maggi claimed that the trade war between China and the US has benefited Brazil so far but it could be harmful for the local farm market in the long term.