Officials from the 21 member states of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation issued a statement saying that joint actions would be implemented to support women's access to capital and markets, skills development and leadership.
Under pressure from the US President Donald Trump, the US Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned amid an uproar over use of expensive private charter planes for government business.
The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will hold top-level negotiations in China today as the US plans to tighten an economic squeeze to persuade North Korea to retreat from its nuclear arms and missile programme.
Several North Korea's missiles were spotted moved from a rocket facility in Pyongyang, fuelling speculation that the country was preparing to take more provocative actions.
China's non-manufacturing sector grew at the fastest pace since June 2014 in September, with the sector's business activity index rising 55.4 from 53.4 in August.
The Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that the ruling party members should study capitalism but must not deviate from Marxism.
Joined by Melania, the US President Donald Trump will be on an 11-day trip to Asia in November, stopping at South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, China and the Philippines.
The US President Donald Trump said he had interviewed four candidates for the position of the Federal Reserve Chairman and would make a final decision within the upcoming weeks.
According to Bloomberg, Citigroup Inc and Lehman Brother Holdings Inc settled a dispute over $2.1B Lehman had deposited in Citigroup prior to its bankruptcy.
China's Purchasing Manufacturing Index rose to 52.4 in September, compared to 51.7 in the previous month, thus recording the fastest monthly manufacturing growth since 2012.
The US Financial Stability Oversight Council agreed to reduce control over American International Group, as its financial problems are no longer a threat to the financial stability.
As a part of the media crackdown in the country, Tanzania banned another newspaper from publishing for at least 90 days starting today.
On Friday, the High Court of Catalonia ordered Google to remove the "On Votar 1-Oct" application supposedly used by separatists to spread controversial information.
The IS claimed responsibility for the blast that hit the Qala-e Fatehullah area of the Afghan capital city of Kabul on Friday, killing one person and injuring five others.
Data released by Statistics Canada revealed the country's Industrial Product Price Index for August rose 0.3%, missing economists' expectations for a 0.5% increase.
The MNI Chicago Business Barometer surged to 65.2 over the month of September from 58.9 registered in the preceding month.
Statistics Canada reported on Friday that the country's Raw Materials Price Index advanced 1.0% in August, topping analysts' expectations for a 0.4% gain.
Figures released by the US Commerce Department showed consumer spending cooled in August on the back of a drop in motor vehicle purchases.
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Friday that personal income in the country was up 0.2%, or $28.6B, in August.
According to Statistics Canada, the country's real GDP was unchanged over the month of July after expanding for eight straight months.
Preliminary figures released by Istat on Friday revealed that the Italian Consumer Price Index for the month of September was down 0.3%.
The final estimate of the UK's gross domestic product showed that the country's economy expanded 0.3% in the Q2 of 2017, unchanged from the second estimate.
Data released by the Office for National Statistics on Friday revealed that current account deficit in the United Kingdom widened £0.9B to £23.2 over the second quarter of 2017.
Volkswagen lifted its total bill for emissions-test cheating row to about $30B as it had taken another $3B charge to fix its diesel engines in the United States.