Israeli authorities plan to increase the use of the solar energy to 20% by 2025 and to 30% by 2030, the chairman of Israel's Electricity Regulatory Authority Yoav Katsavoy says.
Egypt's Suez Canal Authority plans to seek over $1B in compensation for losses related to the blockage of the canal by the container ship Ever Given.
South Korea's inflation reached a 14-month high in March, due to higher prices for oil products and farm goods, a report published by the Statistics Korea shows.
The South African Reserve Bank fined Deutsche Bank for weaknesses in its anti-money laundering policies, a report published by the central bank shows.
The US economy will expand by more than 6% this year, in part due to the nation's aggressive fiscal policy stance, a report published by the Peterson Institute for International Economics shows.
The Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday sustained a no-confidence vote and promised lawmakers' to restore confidence.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the US and Iranian diplomats will have unofficial talks in Vienna over the nuclear deal.
According to the Nikkei newspaper, the US and Japan agreed to cooperate on ensuring stable supply of chips' critical parts.
The Turkish ruling AK Party presented a proposal on Friday that presupposes corporate tax increase to 25% from 20%.
The number of produced vehicles in Q4 2020 by Tesla Inc beated the Wall Street expectations because of high demand on less expensive models.
Partners including Dassault Aviation and Airbus reached a tentative agreement on the European FCAS fighter project, people close to the matter say.
Sales of light commercial vehicles and passenger cars in Turkey rose 92.8% in March, compared to the same period in 2020, to 96,428 units, the Automotive Distributors Association reports.
A Russian court fined Twitter over its failure to remove banned content and Russia slowed the speed of the service in the country.
The US and Japan plan to cooperate on the supply of chips with a potential agreement between the two countries later this month, the Nikkei newspaper reports.
Germany plans to present a proposal to rebuild the Port of Beirut to Lebanese authorities as a part of efforts to help the country after an explosion at the port in 2020.
The popular video games maker Timi Studios, owned by China's tech giant Tencent, generated its 2020 revenue of $10B, Reuters reported on Friday.
The US manufacturing sector index hit its record-high level of 64.7 in over 37 years last month, compared to February's 60.8 reading, boosted by strong demand in new orders, ISM reported.
France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire stated on Friday that the newly imposed coronavirus restrictions will affect the French economic growth in 2021.
United Airlines is planning to hire around 300 new pilots due to rebound in travel demand amid growing number of US citizens getting the COVID-19 vaccination.
US carmakers reported a bounce in their Q1 sales following the coronavirus-induced drop in 2020, according to the data published by IHS Markit.
Honda Motor is set to revive normal production at its North American transmission, automobile and engine plants starting April 5, after the output cuts affected all of its US, Canadian and Mexican factories.
Nike won a temporary suspension to further sales of the "Satan Shoes", the company had produced as part of the collaboration with Lil Nas X, due to the alleged trademarks infringement.
The political action committee of Ford Motor has resumed political donations, but will not make donations to the Republican lawmakers, who voted against the election certification of the President Joe Biden on January 6.
On Thursday, Twitter said it would nominate Jesse Cohn, Elliott Management's head of the US equity activism, for the re-election to its board of members.