US authorities asked a judge to sentence Ng Lap Seng, a Macau-based Chinese billionaire, to six years in prison after he was convicted of paying bribes to two UN ambassadors.
Xinhua reported on Saturday that the Chinese government would spend 1.875B yuan on improving irrigation systems in southern Xinjiang, an autonomous territory in northwest China.
Feng Xinzhu, a former Chinese politician and the ex-Vice Governor of Shaanxi, will be prosecuted on suspicion of bribery.
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for "an independent and transparent investigation" into the Gaza border clash on Friday.
The Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi stated that despite the Trump administration's decision to slap tariffs on some Chinese imports China would not turn to protectionism.
The US President Donald Trump has frozen more than $200M in funds allocated for recovery efforts in Syria.
The Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan stated on Friday that France took the wrong approach towards Syria after the French President Emmanuel Macron assured Kurdish forces of Paris' support.
Chinese non-manufacturing activity climbed to 54.6 in March, up from the preceding month's 54.4 and above forecasts for an increase to 54.5, according to the CFLP.
The CFLP reported on Saturday that its PMI for the manufacturing sector rose to 51.5 in March from 50.3 in the prior month, whereas analysts anticipated a slighter increase to 50.5.
Mediaset, an Italian top private broadcaster, reported on Friday that the company signed a content-sharing agreement with Sky Italia.
On Friday, the UN Security Council blacklisted 27 ships, 21 shipping companies and one individual involved in smuggling North Korean oil and coal.
The EIA reported on Friday that US crude oil production rose 6K barrels per day in January to 9.964M barrels per day.
On Friday, Russia expelled nearly 60 diplomats from more than 20 countries and stated that it reserved the right to respond further following accusations of its involvement in the ex-spy's poisoning.
Official sources reported on Friday that the US President Donald Trump wanted to withdraw US troops from Syria as soon as possible.
Ireland's Foreign Ministry reported on Friday that one Irish diplomat was expelled from Russia in the wake of the spy poisoning scandal.
The Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle has ruled that Starbucks and other coffee companies must put cancer warning labels on their products in California.
Canada's Foreign Ministry reported on Friday that four Canadian diplomats were expelled from Russia in the wake of Sergei Skripal's poisoning.
Greece reported on Friday that it demanded "clear answers" from Turkey on the exact charges faced by two soldiers held in a Turkish prison after they accidentally crossed the border.
The Russian Investigative Committee reported that the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping centre in Kemerovo, where 64 people died in a fire last week, was built without a construction permit.
According to the Polish Foreign Ministry, Moscow has ordered four Polish diplomats to leave the country by the 7th of April in retaliation for the expulsion of four Russian diplomats from Poland.
According to the US State Department's proposal, the US government is planning to collect history from social media websites from everyone who is applying for a US visa.
Vladimir Putin's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that the President of Russia has discussed diplomatic measures taken by the West related to Oleg Skripal's poisoning with national security officials.
According to the Spiegel magazine, the chairman of Deutsche Bank Paul Achleitner considers Juerg Zeltner, former UBS wealth management executive, as the next CEO of Deutsche Bank.
On Thursday, the US telecommunications regulator formally approved the plan of Elon Musk's aerospace manufacturer SpaceX to build a global broadband network based on satellites.