According to the data posted on Thursday, Chinese trade with North Korea plunged to $334.9M in October, reaching the lowest level since February, following tough sanctions imposed by the UN.
Mitsubishi Materials confirmed that its subsidiaries had falsified product data, including parts of automobiles and aircraft, for no less than a year.
China warned the Northern cities to comply with the rules designed to clear the skies and get serious in a war on smog, as some of them failed to improve the quality of air the previous month.
On Thursday, Amazon.com Australia started an order-taking trial at 0400 GMT, a highly anticipated launch that weighted on the brick-and-mortar retail sector's shares.
The Venezuelan PDVSA is in talks with Rosneft, Eni, Statoil and Repsol, as it seeks to get credit for its gas and oil projects.
Myanmar agreed on Tuesday to ink a deal with Bangladesh on terms for the Rohingya Muslims return due to concerns that Myanmar's army could prove obstructive.
SenseTime, Chinese artificial intelligence start-up, was planning an IPO and aimed to create a research and development centre in the US next year.
China's Premier Li Keqiang stated that it is important for the country's economy to strengthen intellectual property rights protection, as the cabinet pledged to enhance regulations.
The Presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran agreed to proceed with joining efforts to encourage the shift to political settlement in Syria and restore stability in the war-stricken country.
Tesla completed construction of the biggest lithium-ion battery in the world for South Australia, its most wind power-dependent area, the country's government said.
Australia urged the United States to ensure a strong, sustained presence in Asia and enhance relationships with like-minded allies, while warning on China's growing influence.
Saudi Arabia agreed to purchase nearly $7B worth of precision munitions from the US defence contractors, sources with knowledge on the matter stated.
Facebook is set to create a web page to let users see which Russia's propaganda profiles they followed or liked, after the US lawmakers called for being more open about the accounts' reach.
The Fed minutes revealed that the interest rate increase was most likely to be made in the near term, if data indicates that the sluggish inflation trend subsided.
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad al-Hariri decided to temporarily retain the post at the request of the country's President Michel Aoun, thus easing tensions in the region.
On Wednesday, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that it had started an investigation into accusation that two German companies, Wirtgen GmbH and Joseph Voegele AG, violated on patents owned by the Caterpillar Inc.
During Wednesday's trading session crude oil prices rose by 1.17% and settled down at $63.30 a barrel, as the US inventories decreased by 1.9M barrels last week, beating expectations of 1.6M barrels.
On Wednesday, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson classified military operation that is being conducted against the Rohingya Muslims by the army of Myanmar as "ethnic cleansing".
The Social Democratic Party of Germany faced pressure to reconsider proposing coalition talks to the Merkel's Conservatives to resolve the ongoing political crisis.
According to a regulatory filing published on Tuesday, one of Facebook's key investors Peter Thiel sold most of the stake he had in the social network.
On Wednesday, the Chief Strategist at Deutsche Bank Ulrich Stephan said investors should avoid bitcoin, as its fluctuations are too big, while regulation – too scant.
The South Korean Foreign Ministry reported on Wednesday the state's President Moon Jae-in would head to Beijing in December for a summit with his Chinese counterpart.
The US Energy Information Administration reported commercial crude oil inventories in the United States were down 1.9M barrels last week.
The University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index managed to hit the 98.5-point mark in November, topping analysts' expectations for a 98.2-point reading.