Daimler, the owner of Mercedes Benz, and Bosch planned to start the testing of self-driving robo-taxis within the following few months, as reported by both companies.
Nissan Motor's joint venture in China announced plans to sell 1.17M cars in 2018, which would be up 5.3% from the prior year.
Construction on China's data centre for the US technology major Apple is expected to begin later in 2018 and to be completed in 2020.
Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, claimed that she is ready to consider changes to a widely criticised law aimed to remove hate speech from social media websites.
According to the senior EU official, the EU is willing to discuss residency rights of European citizens arriving to the UK after Brexit, which might signalise about softening the position of Brussels.
A significant number of US credit card issuers, including the major US banks, claimed that cryptocurrency purchases will be banned on their credit cards due to the high credit risk.
According to the armed forces of Turkey, five soldiers were killed in Afrin, the northwestern region of Syria, after Turkish tank was attacked by Syrian Kurdish YPG rebels.
According to TASS, the Russian warplane Su-25 was shot down in Idlib, the northwestern province of Syria, and the jet pilot ejected but was killed as he resisted capture by jihadists.
According to the Turkish broadcast company NTV, six missiles hit Reyhanli, a town on the Syrian Turkish border, resulting in two civilian deaths and sixteen people injured.
Ethnic minorities of Poland expressed concerns due to the resurgence of anti-Semitism, caused by the new bill which would let to imprison individuals for mentioning the "Polish death camp" term.
On Saturday, the deputy leader of Scottish National Party Angus Robertson claimed that he resigns from his position after losing the seat in the UK parliament.
According to the officials, Libyan forces killed three Islamic State fighters near the Dhara oilfield in the southeastern part of the country, controlled by American-Libyan joint venture Waha Oil.
On Saturday, a group of Arab refugees and pro-immigrant Germans marching in Cottbus, Germany, was hit by counter-protests of residents and far-right activists.
Reckitt Benckiser Group and GlaxoSmithKline were the only firms, which submitted non-binding offers for consumer business of Pfizer after rival bidders walked away.
Germany's chipmaker Infineon stated that the company would not need to list or spin off any of the units, when asked about possible ways to raise capital.
Apple stated that a small portion of iPhone 7 might experience a failure of components, which the company would repair at no charge.
Exxon Mobil stated that oil demand would be down 20% by 2040 on the possible result of climate change curbs, though the company's separate report showed the opposite.
Members of Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and Martin Schulz's Social Democrats (SPD) gathered on Saturday for another round of coalition talks in an attempt to find a compromise on labour rules and healthcare.
In an interview with CNBC Africa the ANC Treasurer-General Paul Mashatile called President Jacob Zuma to leave his post. The statement came a few days before South African leader will meet with six senior members of the country's ruling party.
According to local media, Kenyan police on Saturday arrested another lawmaker who participated in a symbolic "swearing-in" ceremony of opposition leader Raila Odinga.
The Times newspapper reported on Saturday that British government plans to use new powers in order to arrest and seize assets of corrupt politicians, businessmen and foreign criminals.
According to local media, two people got injured after an unknown man started shooting at passers-by from his car in the city of Macerata located in central Italy.
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed gratitude to Russia for organisation of Syrian peace summit in Sochi, which gathered all parties to the conflict except for notorious terrorist organisations.
According to local firemen, not less than 30 stores were damaged in a fire that broke out at Meenakshi Amman Temple on Friday. The number of people injured in a fire hasn't been reported yet.