Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer stated on Friday it supports his country's request to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to examine whether Canadian Bombardier received "billions of dollars of subsidies".
On Friday, the President of France Emmanuel Macron called the European Union to impose another set of sanctions against Venezuela, referring to growing authoritarianism of its government.
According to the USA Gymnastics group spokeswoman Leslie King, all remaining members of the board will resign amid the scandal related to sexual abuse of female athletes, thus complying with the US Olympic Committee's demand.
The President of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan stated on Friday that military operation against the Kurdish YPG militia in northern Syria is likely to extend right up to the border with Iraq.
In a statement published on Friday, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) promised to give Turkey "the appropriate response" if it decides to extend offensive to the frontier with Iraq.
On Friday, the Jordanian government said it will finish provision of subsidies on staple pitta bread in order to alleviate the country's budget.
The Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov stated on Friday that Russia has no duty to comply with sanctions unilaterally imposed by the United States on North Korea.
The US economy revealed a slower-than-anticipated growth pace of 2.6% in the Q4, compared with 3.2% in the prior quarter, with solid consumer spending resulting in an increase in imports.
Statistics Canada stated that the country's consumer price growth was at 1.9% in December, cooling from 2.1% registered in the prior month, due to a decline in gasoline prices.
The Census Bureau stated that the US durable goods orders rose 2.9% over the course of December, following an upwardly revised 1.7% gain in the previous month.
The UK gross domestic product rose at the strongest pace of 2017, surging 0.5% in the December quarter, as Brexit was weighing less on the country's economy.
On Friday, the package delivery firm FedEx stated it was planning to spend over $3.2B in wage rise, bonuses, capital investment and pension funding, taking the lower tax rates advantage.
Spanish government called on the Constitutional Court on Friday to block the former leader Carles Puigdemont's bid to become Catalonia's President again.
Spain's government has expelled Venezuelan ambassador in Spain on Friday, declaring the official "persona non grata", following Venezuela's equivalent move on Thursday.
On Friday, Colgate-Palmolive posted a 4.5% rise to $3.9B in its Q4 sales, missing analysts' expectations for a $3.92B reading, while the company's shares plunged 3% to $74.90.
The ECB governing council's official Francois Villeroy de Galhau stated on Friday that the European Central Bank must monitor the impact, which the exchange rates had on the inflation prospects.
Shares of the compressor and underground mining equipment maker Atlas Copco fell 3% on Friday, following a report on its Q4 operating profit that missed forecasts for a demand to stay on hold.
Delaware judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Silicon Valley's venture company Benchmark Capital against Uber's former CEO Travis Kalanick on Thursday, after both parties reached the agreement.
On Friday, the US President Donald Trump told the Russian TASS news outlet at the W.E.F. in Davos that he had hoped for a dialogue with Moscow.
According to Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the President Vladimir Putin has no plans on attending Syrian peace congress in Russia's city of Sochi.
The US President Donald Trump denied Friday's report that stated he had ordered the Special Counsel Robert Mueller fired in June 2017, calling the allegation "fake news".
China is eager to name a Harvard-trained economist and President Xi Jinping's advisor Liu He as the Vice Premier overseeing the financial and economy sector.
The UN Human Rights experts urged the Philippines to let the independent news website Rappler operate, following raising concerns at surging rhetoric against critical voices over Rodrigo Duterte.
On Friday, the Conservative Party and the Social Democrats launched the German coalition talks, four months after the election that left country's economy in a state of political limbo.