Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron spoke over the phone for the first time, discussing future contacts and cooperation in settling the Ukraine crisis.
Expectations for the US economy to grow 3% this year fell significantly as it showed weaker than expected pace of growth in the first quarter.
Novartis is planning to cut off or move nearly 500 production and development job positions in Switzerland during the upcoming 18 months and add about 350 its biotech business jobs.
On Thursday, Fox News Channel reported that its former CEO and a man who had impacted the American media and politics for decades Roger Ailes died at the age of 77.
The British PM Theresa May stated that Britain would face dire consequences in case of not fulfilling the Brexit deal conditions, adding that she considered the next five years as the most challenging in the UK lifetime.
The spokesman of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov made no comment on ex-FBI chief Robert Mueller appointment to lead the probe on Trump-Russia ties in the 2016 US Election, saying it is the US internal matter.
On Wednesday, the US Justice Department appointed the former FBI head Robert Mueller as a special Counsel to probe the alleged Russian ties with the President Donald Trump over the 2016 Election.
Britain introduces new policy document ahead of the elections and is eager to sanction social media platforms and digital firms, if those fail to eliminate illegal content from the Internet.
China's National Bureau of Statistics reported on Friday that FDI dropped 0.1% year-over-year in April, compared to the prior month's rise of 1.0%.
The Office for National Statistics reported on Friday that British retail sales surged 2.3% in April, following the preceding month's drop of 1.4% and surpassing expectations for a 1.2% increase.
On Thursday, the United Nations said that another 200K of people might flee their homes as the fighting in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul intensified.
According to polls, support for the France's new Centrist Party is growing ahead of June's legislative elections, raising the prospect for the President Emmanuel Macron to gain Parliamentary backing for the reform plans.
Apple has triggered its iPhone SE production at the Bengaluru factory in the Southern India as the company seeks to raise its market share in the world's fastest growing market and boost mobile phone sales in China.
On Thursday, the central bank governor of the Philippines Amando Tetangco stated that the country's economic growth outlook remained strong, despite the Q1 outturn was slower than expected.
A South Korean former President Park Geun-hye's cosmetic surgeon was the first who pleaded guilty in South Korea's scandal that led to ex-leader's dismissal as he was found guilty of Park treatment records' fabrication.
Philippines made a decision to decline the European Union's assistance and would forego nearly €250M worth of grants to stop the bloc from meddling in the country's internal affairs as Philippines seeks for independence.
The EU antitrust regulator is eager to fine Facebook with $122.4M as the company provided planted information on Whatsapp messaging service purchase in 2014.
On Thursday, the Trade and Industry Ministry announced that Singapore would release its detailed data on GDP for the first-quarter period on May 25.
According to the South Korean Foreign Ministry, the government had already started to prepare for the June summit with the United States amid both countries' intention to tighten links following the North Korean missile crisis.
The San Diego-based chipmaker Qualcomm sued Foxconn and three more Taiwanese producers that supplied Apple with components for its iPhone and iPad for not making royalty payments.
Asian stock markets and the US Dollar dropped on Thursday amid uncertainty triggered by the US President Donald Trump's interference in a federal investigation.
On Wednesday, the former FBI Director Robar Mueller was appointed to investigate Russia's interference in the US 2016 Presidential Election and the US President Donald Trump's ties to the Russian government.
Google reported on Wednesday that this year it would focus on developing new mobile phone applications and improving its digital assistant rather than on the Android system.
Vladimir Putin revealed that Donald Trump had not disclosed any secrets in a meeting in Washington and suggested to prove it by providing a transcript to the Congress.