China is set to tighten controls on intellectual property in attempt to ensure to foreign firms better opportunities, the country's Commerce Ministry stated.
On Friday, the Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that Japan will impose new sanctions North Korea, as the latter continues to conduct ballistic missile launches.
On Friday morning, crude oil prices rose to $52.39 a barrel, as companies prepared for possible production disruptions caused by the approaching Harvey Hurricane.
On Thursday, the second-biggest India's IT services company Infosys appointed Nandan Nilekani, one of its founding members, as its new chairman.
No less than 12 people were reported to be killed in the Rohingya Muslim insurgent attack in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the government reported on Friday.
Canada is likely to ramp up deportations of asylum seekers within the country, as an inflow of migrants crossing the border from the US grows rapidly.
Amazon stated that, as the acquisition with Whole Foods finished, it would lower prices, aiming to make organic and natural food more affordable for everyone.
Core consumer inflation in Japan rose 0.5% year-over-year in July, the seventh straight month of increase, suggesting slow but steady growth towards 2% inflation target.
Apple announced that it would build a $1.37B worth data centre in Iowa, with a total amount of $207.8M incentives approved by the state's Economic Development Authority.
On Thursday, the White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders confirmed that it is the job of the Administration to make sure that the Congress will raise the federal debt ceiling.
On Thursday, the Qatari Foreign Ministry announced its decision to close the embassy of Chad, blaming the African state of joining a "campaign of blackmail".
On Thursday, the US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said that the Congress will introduce a new legal act to increase the federal debt ceiling that might be necessary for new veteran's support programs.
On Thursday, the Canadian Securities Administers said that crypto currencies require tougher regulation, as many of them constitute securities from the point of view of local laws.
Not less than 22 people had died after a ferry with 130 passengers on board capsized near Brazil's state of Bahia.
On Thursday, Amazon.com revealed its intention to complete its $13.7B acquisition of Whole Foods Market on Monday.
The National Association of Realtors reported that home resales in the US dropped 1.3% to a seasonally adjusted yearly rate of 5.44M units, missing expectations for a 5.55M reading.
Russian franchisee of the US pizza giant Papa John's announced that it would open new restaurants in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Poland in the next three to five years.
Washington restrictions adopted on Russian tourists applying for US visas are set to cause negative effects on tourism flow, Russian tourism agency chief stated.
Chine and Norway began negotiations on a free trade deal in an attempt to normalise political and diplomatic ties, which were frozen since 2010.
The US Labour Department reported that initial jobless claims rose 2K to 234K in the week ended August 19, missing analysts' expectations for a rise to 237K.
The Office for National Statistics reported that its second estimate for the UK economic growth in the June quarter came in at 0.3%, in line with forecasts and the previous report.
The President of France Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Eastern Europe on Thursday promised to find a compromise in EU employment legislation regarding low pay workers from the east.
Amidst the visit of the US Defense Secretary, an explosion in Kiev near the government headquarters has left two people injured. Witnesses claim the explosive was dropped off from a car.
Jim Mattis, the US Defense Secretary, on his visit to Ukraine on Thursday promised that Washington will support Ukraine and put pressure on Russia.