The economy of Peru contracted 18.06% year-on-year in June, the fourth month of contraction amid the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) stated on Friday on formed a coalition with other trade companies to combat counterfeit goods on online stores such as Amazon.com.
On Saturday, the government of South Africa lifted the lockdown restrictions that were implemented due to COVID-19.
Facebook expressed regret on Saturday about Apple's decision to refuse abolishing a 30% fee for listing applications on its platform.
On Saturday, the Prime Minister of India stated that India is ready for the mass production of coronavirus vaccines.
The German trade union IG Metall on Saturday proposed a four-day work week in order to save industry jobs.
On Saturday, it was announced by Alibaba-owned chain Freshippo that it would shut down 21 supermarkets in Shenzhen due to the coronavirus.
Sky News reported on Saturday that Debenhams had appointed a group of advisers, which would draw up plans of a liquidation.
On Saturday, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Poland and met with the PM Mateusz Morawiecki to discuss a defence agreement and the situation in Belarus.
UPS and FedEx announced on Friday that the two companies could not deliver mail-in ballots of the US Postal Service.
On Saturday, Interfax reported that the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of Russia Vladimir Putin had discussed the ongoing protests in Belarus.
The Bank Of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane stated on Saturday that the country's economy showed signs of a rapid recovery, mostly thanks to the larger consumer spending.
According to a data released on Friday, retail sales in the US in July grew 1.2% instead of the forecasted 1.9%.
The German trade union IG Metall backed on Saturday introduction of a four-day working week as a move to secure jobs that could be lost because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese ByteDance had three months to divest operations of TikTok in the US.
Fortnite gamers with hundreds of thousands of YouTube followers and Spotify have shown their support for Epic Games for suing Google and Apple.
The US consumer sentiment surged to a reading of 72.8 in August from 72.5 in July, the University of Michigan announced on Friday.
The US Federal Reserve announced on Friday that the US manufacturing production edged up by 3.4% in July.
The United Kingdom will purchase potential coronavirus vaccines from Novavax Inc and Johnson & Johnson, the companies announced on Friday.
Fortnite developer Epic Games has filed antitrust lawsuits against Google and Apple after the firms dropped the popular video game from their app stores.
According to data published by the US Commerce Department on Friday, business inventories dropped by 1.1% in June.
On Friday, the US President Donald Trump announced that he is ready to release a new coronavirus aid package.
On its debut on the stock market on Friday, CureVac share price surged by 175%, as the company would develop a coronavirus vaccine.
On Friday, various US retailers announced a coalition, which would fight the counterfeit goods that are sold on Amazon.