According to Brazilian local newspaper, the scandalous conglomerate Odebrecht SA's board chairman Emilio Odebrecht is eager to step down in the next year's first half.
The Lebanese Interior Minister Nohad Mashnouk signed a law to hold the long-awaited 2018 Parliamentary election on Sunday, May 6, his office stated on Friday.
Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, his American fiancée, are planning to marry on May 19, according to Kensington Palace statement on Friday.
Georgia's Parliament passed the 2018 budget on Friday, expecting its gross domestic product to surge 4.5%, driven by the private sector development and higher exports.
Shares in CSX plunged 10.3% to $51.42 in Friday's premarket trade, following the announcement about its CEO Hunter Harrison's medical leave due to unexpected illness complications.
On Friday, the Russian FSB security service detained seven members of the Islamic State, saying that a militant group had been planning terror attacks in St. Petersburg's public places.
Luxembourg is eager to challenge the European Union order, as it seeks to recover around $295M in back taxes from the US retail giant Amazon, expressing its disagreement over Amazon's special treatment.
India has raised the import tax on the electronic devices such as cellphones and TV sets from 10% to 15%, in an effort to curb overseas' supplies and boost the domestic industry.
On Friday, Russia's Court found the former Minister of Economy Alexei Ulyukayev guilty of accepting a bribe from the Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin.
Ryanair was planning to recognise pilot unions in a bid to halt the first strike in the company's history, saying it would bring a radical change to the Irish airline's structure.
The EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker considers that the second phase of the Brexit talks will be harder than the first phase, which has been a difficult one.
According to the Reuters poll, Singapore's exports growth is seen to have dropped in November, driven by the prior year's high base effect and a slowdown in electronics sales.
On Friday, the Russian Parliament's Upper House had set March 18 as the Presidential election date in the following year that was approved by the senators unanimously.
Ford's CEO Jim Hackett stated on Thursday that the carmaker was reviewing its products, following a strong rise in the consumer demand for its sports utility vehicles.
The Indonesian company Go-Jek acquired three fin-tech businesses amid expansion from the ride-hailing services into payments, the firm announced on Friday.
Uber's food-delivery service Uber Eats said it would start offering an insurance package with AXA to all its European couriers.
On Friday, the Toulouse-based aeronautical corporation Airbus announced its top management shake-up on the back of a long-lasting turmoil in the company.
Following concerns over the deterioration of human rights in China, the country published a report stating that its citizens have more civil and political rights than ever before.
On Friday, the Vice Finance Minister of South Korea said he expected strengthening ties with Beijing to boost South Korea's economic growth thanks to greater influx of tourists.
At a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in, the Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the North Korean crisis must be resolved through negotiations rather than war.
Late on Thursday, the President of Peru said he would not step down amid the scandal involving Odebrecht's payments to a company Kuczynski ran while holding public office 10 years ago.
The UK is set to seal a $1.34B worth of investment and trade agreements with China over the weekend visit by the BoE Chief Mark Carney, FM Philip Hammond and senior executives.
Walt Disney struck a deal to buy TV, film and international business from 21st Century Fox for $52.4 in stock, to make it able to compete with growing rivals Netflix and Amazon.com.
Japan's business confidence strengthened for the fifth quarter in succession in Q4 to reach an 11-year high, as the economy gathered momentum from higher corporate profits and robust exports.