European equities were little changed on Monday, with investors being in a wait-and-see mode ahead of the long-awaited speech by the US President Donald Trump.
The British Pound kicked off the week on a wobble footing amid concerns over the possibility of Scotland holding another independence referendum as soon as next year.
South Korean officials allege all the eight suspects in Kim Jong Nam murder are the members of the North Korea State Ministries, including the officials of the State Security Ministry and the Foreign Ministry.
According to the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry, five members of the Azerbaijan army dead amid clashes with the Armenian-backed militants in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The presenter of the 89th Academy Awards ceremony Warren Beatty made a major gaffe by announcing the musical "La La Land" won the Oscar award for the best picture, when the actual winner was the "Moonlight" movie.
According to the local police, a man that drove into a crowd at Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, injuring more than 25 people, had his blood alcohol level at 0.232, exceeding the limit almost three times.
The 89th Academy Awards ceremony granted Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. with the first Oscars for their streaming services, in particular, for the movies "Manchester by the Sea", "The Salesman" presented by Amazon and "The White Helmets" by Netflix.
The US actor Bill Paxton, famous for his roles in "Titanic", "Twister" and the TV-series "Big Love", passed away on Sunday due to complications caused by surgery.
The US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao was revising the automated vehicle guidelines, previously established by Barack Obama, and requested automakers to provide the detailed explanation over self-driving cars' benefits.
The State Council of China Yang Jiechi is eager to visit the United States as soon as this week to negotiate on the China-US relationship.
In an attempt to regain footing after the Note 7 fiasco, Samsung released brand new Galaxy Tab S3 and Galaxy Book tablets aimed at gamers and professionals.
In a report released on Sunday, the American ratings agency S&P pointed out it expected to see a $315B slump in sovereign commercial borrowings over 2017.
Having sold over $1B in tickets around the world, Walt Disney's animated film "Zootopia" has won an Oscar for best animated film on Sunday.
Having slumped to a two-week low versus the Yen earlier in the session, the US Dollar managed to recover, trading at 112.20 ahead of Donald Trump's speech on intended tax reforms.
On Sunday, the ex-Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi stated that it is the decision of the active Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, whether Italy is to hold an early national election or wait for the end of the legislature until February 2018.
On Sunday, thousands of Romanian citizens once again gathered in front of the government headquarters, demanding the current government resigns.
Samsung Electronics announced that the company is launching two new tablets, the first announcement since the compelled withdrawal of Galaxy Note 7 that repeatedly caught fire.
Algeria's Sonatrach started negotiations with the US operators Anadarko, Exxon Mobil Corp and Italian Eni amid decision to begin offshore oil drilling.
On Sunday, Nokia's CEO Nummela announced that company is back to business with reintroduced 2000's best seller phone, Nokia 3310, that is brightly coloured and priced at €49.
The White House does not deny that the US Attorney Sessions could recuse from the Justice Department's investigation regarding Russia's interference into the last US elections.
Pope Francis criticised members of his church, saying that being an atheist is better than having hypocritical double life, as many of catholics have.
The UK's anti EU campaigner Farage posted on Twitter a photo of him and the US President Trump having a dinner, the recent meeting between Trump and PM May's critic.
On Sunday, the US criticised an attack on the special monitoring mission in Ukraine and urged Russia to support the ceasefire under Minsk agreement.
A deadlock between Thailand's biggest temple's monks and security forces exposed a fight over power amid religion challenging local authorities since the 2014 coup.