According to the Russian Central Bank, the annual food prices are expected to slightly rise in the upcoming months; however, no speed-up expected in the overall inflation.
On Friday, Donald Trump heads to Saudi Arabia on his first foreign trip as the President to repair relations with the US closest Arab ally, planning to make stops in Israel, Italy and Belgium next week.
On Friday, 56M of Iranians started voting in the Presidential Election that will determine the future of the economic and social reform in the country.
China aims to enhance sales management of life insurance firms as a part of the official campaign to crackdown the industry's irregularities.
On Thursday, the Prezident of Brazil Michel Temer stated he would not step down from his post despite the Supreme Court accused him in bribery in a corruption probe.
Uber is likely to dismiss a self-driving car engineer who is accused of confidential documents steal in a trade secrets case between Uber and Alphabet's Waymo unit.
Malaysia's economy rose 5.6% on an annual basis in the Q1, showing a better-than-expected pace of growth fueled by higher exports and private expenditure.
Xi Jinping, the President of China, said that he intended to put China-South Korea ties back onto track after relations were spoiled by the US placing anti-missile system.
On Friday, major Asian stocks traded mixed and the US Dollar failed to maintain yesterday's gains amid uncertanties coming from the United States.
A new almost completed 30-km bridge between China and Hong Kong is likely to cause more than only economic integration, Chinese officials revealed.
The People's Bank of China announced that it extended a $3.63B bilateral currency swap deal with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for three more years.
A ferry between Russia and North Korea moored for the first time at the port of Vladivostok, in spite of US claims to curb relations with Pyongyang.
Canada threatens to review its plans to buy military products from Boeing in reaction to the US company's trade grievance against Bombardier.
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin revealed that Donald Trump approved new candidate to be a head of the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Toyota Motor Corp., Subaru Corp., Mazda Motor Corp. and BMW have agreed to pay $553m to settle some claims linked to the Takata airbag recall, the largest product recall in history.
Saudi Aramco plans to sign agreements with at least 10 companies including General Electric Co. and oil field-service businesses, when the President Donald Trump visits Saudi Arabia.
Poland's interior minister said on Thursday that accepting refugees under the EU relocation scheme would "certainly be much worse" than Brussels' penalties for not doing so.
The US-led coalition struck a convoy of military vehicles belonging to Shia militias loyal to the Syrian government near the border in Jordan on Thursday, according to the US officials.
The Federal Reserve needs to keep raising interest rates this year if economic conditions continue on their current pace, Loretta Mester, the president of the Fed of Cleveland, said today.
Turkey will not hesitate to carry out further operations like its Euphrates Shield campaign in northern Syria, the President Tayyip Erdogan reported on Thursday.
ECB policymakers are planning to gradually withdraw their stimulus measures if the economy keeps on improving, but these steps were not clear at the moment.
The US Labor Department reported that initial jobless claims fell to 232,000 during the week ended May 13, posting the third consecutive week of decrease.
The Czech government is set to raise the minimum wage by 11% next year as the country's economy showed solid growth with the lowest unemployment in the EU.
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister revealed that Trump's visit is likely to reinforce the cooperation in combating militancy and in bolstering commercial and trade agreements.