According to a source with knowledge on the matter, Apple is in advanced talks to buy the London-based music identification application Shazam.
The US State Department said the country's envoy to North Korea would visit Thailand and Japan next week to discuss ways of putting more pressure on Pyongyang over its missile programme.
Honduras' Liberal Party has made an official request to annul the still-unresolved presidential election results, sending the nation deeper into a political crisis.
On Saturday, the Japanese government extended by around nine months the life of a state-supported fund aimed at innovation promotion.
Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China revealed that producer price inflation in the country slowed to four-month low over the course of November.
On Saturday, the Nikkei newspaper reported that Japan was to revise upwards its economic growth outlook for this and next fiscal years.
The National Bureau of Statistics of China reported on Saturday the country's CPI was up 1.7% y/y in November, missing expectations for a 1.8% reading.
The Foreign Ministry of Bulgaria said any revision of the border treaty between Turkey and Greece would not be beneficial for the regional stability.
On Friday, the President of Brazil Michel Temer accepted the resignation of the Minister of Political Affairs, as the Brazilian Social Democratic Party had decided to quit the ruling coalition.
On his Twitter account, the US President Donald Trump wrote that government penalties against the state's third-biggest bank Wells Fargo could be increased.
On Friday, the US Justice Department reported Iberiabank agreed to pay $11.69M to settle allegations of false claims for federal loan guarantees on mortgages submission.
On Friday, the Polish lower house backed alterations to the state's National Judiciary Council as a part of a major court system overhaul in the country.
The White House reported on Friday that the US President Donald Trump's Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell is planning to step down early next year.
The University of Michigan December Consumer Sentiment Index worsened for the second consecutive month, dipping to 96.8 points from the upwardly-revised 98.5-point reading recorded in November.
The US Bureau of Labour Statistics revealed on Friday the country's unemployment rate held steady at 4.1% over the course of November.
Thousands of Muslims all around the world rally against the US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as the capital of the Israeli regime.
The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister reported on Tuesday that Russia was ready to influence on North Korea through its' opened communication channels.
Music streamer Spotify announced on Friday that had agreed to buy a stake in China's Tencent Music Entertainment, which in turn would purchase an equity stake in Spotify.
The head of the US consumer finance watchdog reviews Wells Fargo & Co case whether the company should pay tens of millions of dollars on alleged mortgage lending abuse.
The leaders of Russia and Turkey Vladimir Putin and Tayyip Erdogan are set to meet on December 11 to hold talks over Syria and Jerusalem.
Iran's Defence Minister Amir Hatami is set to visit Russia in the nearest future to hold talks with his Russian counterpart, according to the RIA news outlet's report on Friday.
The chairwoman of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Rita Makarau stepped down, a few months before a vote, giving no reason for her leave, the government's official source reported on Friday.
On Friday, Volkswagen announced it had halted deliveries of its T6 multivan, after finding the vehicle emitted excessive levels of toxic nitrogen oxide.
China is scheduled to hold a new census in 2018 to clarify the economic picture, seeking to cover all companies in the secondary and services sector.