On Tuesday, Cevian Capital, an international investment firm, bought a 5.6% stake in Ericsson, Sweden's mobile telecom equipment producer.
China is set to implement from Thursday a new cyber security law that requires strict data storage and surveillance, aiming to diminish risks of cyber attacks.
The Atlanta Federal Reserve raised its forecast for the US economy to expand at a 3.8% annualised pace in the second quarter of 2017.
Germany Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel admitted that the country's relations with the US faces some problems, but are likely to improve in the future.
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May said that she wants the UK to keep a special partnership with the EU and continue cooperation on security and defense issues.
Statistics Canada reported that the country's current account deficit expanded to $14.05B for the first quarter of 2017, due to higher imports of goods and services.
The Conference Board reported that the Consumer Confidence Index for the US dropped to 117.9 in May, diminishing expectations for the consumption-driven strong economic growth.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman praised their talks on Syria and growing cooperation in oil markets.
The Commerce Department revealed that US personal spending rose 0.4% in April, following the prior month's upwardly revised figure of 0.3% and matching analysts' expectations.
The German SPD's leader Martin Schulz criticised the US President Donald Trump, saying that he was a destroyer of all the Western values and undermined international cooperation between nations based on tolerance and respect.
On Tuesday, Brazil's lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia stated that pension reform talks would restart in a few weeks after a political scandal halted the discussions that month.
The German Chancellor Angela Markel stated on Tuesday, she would call to speed up a progress on a free-trade contract between the European Union and India amid growing "protectionism" worldwide.
France's companies struggle by unfilled job positions and lack of qualified employees despite a high level of unemployment in the country as statistics counts at least 3.5M of the registered job applicants.
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister of Italy Paolo Gentiloni stated he agreed with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the idea that the European Union should act on its own initiative.
The Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invited Pope Francis to Canada for the Church apology to the indigenous people for the Catholic Church treatment of aboriginal children.
On Tuesday, the Vietnam online gaming firm VNG announced it signed a preliminary contract with the US Nasdaq Stock Market to explore an IPO.
On Tuesday, the Philippine army urged the Islamist rebels to surrender as the country's military was close to recover the occupied southern city of Marawi on the eighth day of the battle.
The CEO of the Moscow Stock Exchange said on Monday that seven large Russian companies plan to list their shares on the Exchange, demonstrating preference of domestic listings.
The London Stock Exchange plans to purchase The Yield Book, Citigroup's analytics and indexing business, for $685M, both companies announced on Tuesday.
The Saudi Arabian deputy crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived to Russia to hold a meeting with the President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday regarding the matter of mutual interest.
On Tuesday, Bangkok accused a British journalist Anthony Cheng of arms possession after he was detained at the city's Suvarnabhumi Airport carrying flak vest plates and gas masks without having a license.
The South Korean Jeju Air stated that China approved its plan to double the flights following the attempts to ease political tensions between the countries.
The Statistics Office reported on Tuesday that German negotiated wages soared 2.8% in the first quarter compared to the same period of preceding year.
The case of two women accused of killing the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother was submitted to the Higher Court of Malaysia amid defence lawyer's complaints on lack of the documents requested.