Statistics published on Monday in Norway revealed that during the first half of 2019 nearly half of new automobiles sold were electric.
On Monday, protesters in Hong Kong successfully stormed and smashed the cities legislature. As a response the government announced that it has stopped working on the bill that started the protests.
The Middle Eastern ride-hailing company Careem halted its Sudan operations due to its takeover deal with Uber, less than 12 months after the firm had launched its service in the country, the spokeswoman reported on Monday.
On Monday, GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, and Brookfield Asset Management agreed to acquire Genesee & Wyoming, the US freight railroad owner, in a cash deal valued at $6.4B.
On Monday, Applied Materials, the world's largest chipmaking equipment supplier, announced it would acquire Japan's Kokusai Electric in a $2.2B cash-deal from KKR & Co, the global investment firm.
The largest investor of Aston Martin is exploring to take another 3% stake, proposing to lift its holding after the luxury carmaker's shares plunged nearly 50% since its IPO nine months ago.
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen is set to travel to the United States in July while meeting the Caribbean diplomatic allies, angering China that called on Washington not to let Tsai make a visit.
On Monday, it was announced that the CEO of East Africa's most profitable firm Bob Collymore has passed away after a two year fight with cancer.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is eyeing $10-$12B annually in project financing over the following years, seeking to keep a prudent approach in such investments, Joachim von Amsberg, the lender's policy and strategy vice president stated.
On Monday, the EU shares rose 1.3%, hitting their two-month high after the United States and China eased their trade tensions by resuming the talks over the weekend.
Facebook is set to ban all ads on its social media platform, which call on people not to participate in the 2020 US Presidential election, according to the company's Civil Rights Audit posted on Sunday.
Italy's largest lender UniCredit is planning to adhere to organic growth following the bank's new business plan as EU mergers were difficult, its CEO Jean Pierre Mustier stated on Monday.
On Monday, the Chinese Yuan surged against its peer currencies, as the US and China agreed to restart trade talks.
During Monday's Asian trading session, the Japanese Yen declined in value against the USD, as risk appetite increased with the start of a new week.
Irish factory activity contracted for the first time since 2013 in June, with AIB report showing manufacturing PMI slipping to 49.8 in June from 50.4 in the prior month, as an uncertainty over Brexit and slowdown in global trade caught up with economy.
The Caixin/Markit Manufacturing PMI was reported at 49.4 in June, the worst figure since January and below economists' expectations, suggesting a decline in factory activity, as export and domestic demand faltered amid the Sino-US trade war.
DP World was in negotiations to acquire oil services firm Topaz Energy and Marine in a $1.3B worth deal, the port operator stated on Sunday.
The UK biggest vehicle maker Jaguar Land Rover is anticipated to announce its plans next week to build electric vehicles at the company's English Castle Bromwich plant, the Sunday Times reported.
Saudi Arabian economic expansion more than halved quarter-on-quarter to 1.66% in the first quarter of 2019, in line with forecasts of only modest increase, as oil production cuts affect the world's top crude exporter's economy.
France anticipated the country's public sector deficit to be at 2.1% of the output in 2020, up from the forecast of 2.0% prior to tax cuts pledged in response to protest movements, a government budget projection revealed on Sunday.
China's factory activity contracted in June, compared to the same month the previous year, as US trade tariffs put pressure on the world's second largest economy, the official Purchasing Managers' Index shows.
The US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plan to meet at the Demilitarised Zone between South and North Koreas on Sunday, the South Korean President Moon Jae-in says.
A decades-old defence treaty between the US and Japan must be changed as it is unfair, the US President Donald Trump says at a meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Russia wants to improve relations with the US after years of conflicts over Ukraine and suggestions of Russian interference in the US elections, the Russian President Vladimir Putin says.