A survey released by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research on Monday showed that business confidence of German companies surged from 114.6 to 115.1 and, thus, set a new record high.
According to the Xinhua news agency, China plans to increase oversight of foreign investment and create a special system that would protect foreign undertakings.
According to two Australia's major banks, surprise taxes applied to the country's banking sector are scaring away potential overseas investors.
The Wall Street Journal reported late on Sunday Facebook was in negotiations with Hollywood studios over production of its own original TV-quality shows.
Canada and China have sealed an agreement pledging not to launch any state-funded cyber attacks on each other's private sectors.
The President of the San Francisco Federal Reserve said the US Central Bank would need to proceed with gradual rate hikes to make sure the economy is growing at a decent pace.
IRNA news agency reported the President of Iran Hassan Rouhani had expressed his support for Doha in its argument with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain.
According to Recode, Tim Westergren, the founder and CEO of the Oakland-based music discovery platform Pandora Media, is planning to resign from his post.
In a video address to the Chinese, the newly-appointed US envoy to China stated stopping the menace posed by North Korea would be the top priority.
Susan Collins, the Republican Senator of Maine, expressed her extreme concerns over the planned healthcare overhaul and said the bill would unlikely pass this week.
The US-based financial services company Tradeweb will provide first offshore bond trading platform for the long-awaited mutual access programme "Bond Connect".
In a report released on Monday, the Central Bank of South Korea said the country's economy was on the course to post a mild improvement in 2017.
Several US government websites in Ohio were hacked to broadcast a pro-Islamic and anti-government message accompanied by music.
China, Pakistan and Afghanistan are determined to maintain regional stability and peace, enhancing economic cooperation and promoting shared development and security.
Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, revealed that Qatar and the four Arab states should reach an agreement on countering extremism and stopping terrorism.
Italy started winding up two collapsed regional banks in a deal, which costs up to 17B euros and Intesa Sanpaolo, the biggest retail bank, is likely to hold the lender's good assets.
The Royal Bank of Scotland announced on Sunday that the company is to cut 443 jobs in the UK and relocate many of these positions to India due to restructuration.
The US Geological Survey said that a 6.3 magnitude earthquake had hit a territory located 200km northwest from Tonga on Sunday; no reports of casualties or damage.
The Israeli military said that the country had attacked Syrian military posts on Sunday in response to cross-border fire landing in an Israeli-controlled territory.
Residents of Mosul commemorated the Muslim Eid holiday on Sunday, the first celebration in years without the Islamic State's authority in the city.
The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged Arab states to reach a resolution in the Gulf crisis through productive talks and fight collectively against terrorism.
The Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said on Sunday that the country is to pay €5.2B to round off two ailing Veneto banks; however, total costs may amount to €17B.
The Chadian President Idriss Deby said on Sunday that the country may be forced to renounce fight against terrorism in case no funding is found.
Australia is to request greater powers at the ‘Five Eyes' meeting next week to deal more effectively with encrypted messages used by criminals and terrorists.