On Monday, Russia and Vietnam have agreed to triple bilateral trade to $10 billion by the year 2020.
The Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday warned of risks of decline of regional banks' profits, saying this tendency could destabilize the financial system.
The ECB official Francois Villeroy de Galhau stated on Monday that the Bank's policy would remain easy also after it finishes net asset purchases next month.
Alphabet's life sciences unit Verily announced a halt of its old and highest-profile project, which helps monitor glucose levels by smart contact lens, citing insufficient consistency of the project.
The ex-President of Peru Alan Garcia applied for an asylum in Uruguay, a few hours after he had been prohibited to leave the country while the corruption investigation lasts, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry reported on Sunday.
On Sunday, the outgoing governor of Florida and the Republican Rick Scott has won a seat in the US Senate race after the ballot recounts in the tough contest against the Democrat Bill Nelson.
The Pennsylvanian Wharton School's professor Amir Yaron has been approved by the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday to become the new chief of the country's central bank.
DP World is seeing the international trade disputes, such as tensions between the US and China, to make the next year challenging, but still manageable, the CEO of the global ports operator stated on Sunday.
On Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, is giving a televised statement after making his last efforts to prevent the coalition government's collapse and early elections amid the Defence Minister resignation.
Nestle's Nespresso has teamed up with Rio Tinto over making coffee pods "greener" by using sustainable aluminium in Nespresso's coffee capsules by 2020.
Over a dozen of the US energy companies, such as Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil and Chevron, have pledged $100M to help ease stresses on education, civic infrastructure and health care from the shale gas and oil boom in New Mexico and West Texas.
The highly discussed new tax law in Jordan was passed by the kingdom's lawmakers on Sunday. Due to that reason the country is set to receive IMF funding without an increase of interest rates.
On Sunday, the President of the United States Donald Trump announced that despite the Khashoggi incident he wants Saudi Arabia as an ally of the US.
A survey published on Sunday revealed that nearly half of German firms are expecting trade tensions with the United States.
On Sunday, the Prime Minister of Jordan warned the kingdom's lawmakers that no approving the new tax law might increase interest rate payments for the country.
The Prime Minister of Jordan announced on Sunday that the kingdom will suffer, if the newly proposed tax law does not get approved.
On Sunday, Egyptian officials announced that they will hold talks together with Ethiopia in an effort to solve the Nile river dam dispute.
According to person familiar with the matter, the Iraqi and Iranian governments are ready to sign a currency swap deal intented to strengthen trade ties between two neighbours.
The US Vice President Mike Pence stated on Saturday that America would help its ally Austrlia to enhance military base on Manus Island (Papua New Guinea) in an attemp to constrain China's ambitions in the region.
The Prime Minister of Britain Theresa May warned on Sunday that her resignation would mean delay of Brexit for unclear time period and asked to stop distracting her from vital week of negotiations.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Italy Luigi Di Maio stated on Sunday that the upcoming elections into the EU Parliament would inevitably change political landscape and, as a result, help the country to settle the budget issue with the EU Commission.
The Britain's ex-Brexit Mnister Dominic Raab stated on Sunday that Brexit deal negotiated by the country's Prime Minister Theresa May contained multiple flaws, yet she still has time to change course.
The Minister President of Bavaria Markus Soeder announced on Sunday his plans to run for the post of head of the Bavarian CSU conservative party.
The Prime Minister Theresa May emphasized on Sunday that next week would be vital for the country's future, as Parliament needs to decide whether to accept her Brexit deal or not.