The new head of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday that South Africa needs open foreign investments and, for this reason, the government is ready to ensure policy certainty.
The Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi reported on Saturday that oil production power is near reaching 5M bdp. However, Iraq promises not to exceed the output target under the OPEC agreement to cut supplies.
One person was reported to be killed on late Friday after Egyptian naval vessel opened fire at Palestinian fishing boat near the southern border-town Rafah.
According to local news agencies, the Russian Defence Ministry deployed a division of an anti-aircraft weapon system S-400 on the Crimean Peninsula on Saturday.
This week Chinese tech heavyweight Tencent Holdings Ltd. sold $5B 5-, 10- and 20-year bonds, its first bond sale since 2015.
The state of Alabama and the city of Huntsville offered Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. $700M in incentives to build a $1.6B factory in Northern Alabama.
On Friday, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones indexes showed the best start to a year since 2003 as investor optimism on the US economy remained high.
A female British national was arrested at Heathrow Airport after arriving from the Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on suspicion of terrorist act preparation.
The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe said that Japanese government will respond properly to cooperation programs relevant to China-proposed One Belt and One Road initiative.
A Dubai-based ride-sharing app Careem and Uber prepare to employ female drivers in Saudi Arabia after King Salman's order to overturn the ban on female driving.
According to GM executives, the company was seeking the US approval to launch fully automated self-driving Cruise AV vehicle, without accelerator and brake pedals, next year.
Shares of MoneyGram International inched 10.5% higher after the company announced the partnership with Ripple, the blockchain bitcoin rival company.
The Raytheon Integrated Defence System has won a contract worth $641.8M to perform Ballistic Missile Defence Systems' tests for the multiple radar platforms, the Pentagon said.
Wells Fargo CEO Sloan stated that the company has not fully recovered after a long-running sales scandal, which affected the bank's reputation and prevented efforts to reduce costs.
The Civil Aviation Agency of Costa Rica has suspended Nature Air, the local airline, only two weeks after one of their planes crashed near a tourist beach, killing 12 people.
A Singaporean court has charged three more suspects who were involved in large-scale oil heist at the biggest refinery of Shell, a few days after bringing charges against 11 men.
CBS and Viacom were not in active negotiations over merger, though Viacom's controlling shareholder had exploratory talks with directors of CBS about the companies' recombining.
The US holiday spending surged 5.5%, the strongest gain since 2005, spurred by solid consumer confidence, stronger employment and expectations of higher bonuses and wages after the tax bill.
Fiat Chrysler stated on Friday that it was recalling 162K 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivans due to a software glitch that may cause the cars to stall.
Volkswagen agreed to a nearly $232M worth settlement with vehicle owners in Canada affected by the company's diesel emissions-cheating scandal.
On Friday the US Department of Transportation claimed that in November US Airlines had the highest rate of on-time arrival since 2009.
A foreign minister of Iran claimed that the nuclear deal between Iran and major powers is not negotiable and the US had to bring itself into compliance.
The British jet-engine maker is seeking to raise $700M from selling L'orange, an arm of Rolls-Royce Holdings producing fuel injectors for ships and industrial applications.
A Dutch Ministry of Finance claimed that Netherlands and Spain have not reached a consensus regarding how Britain should withdraw from the European Union.