China's catering industry reached $628B in 2018, an increase of 9.5% from the previous year, the National Bureau of Statistics reports.
Vietnam's foreign reserves reached $63.5B at the State Bank of Vietnam purchases US dollars from commercial banks to expand the nation's foreign currency reserves.
The US tech giant Apple has fired more than 200 employees from its self-driving program Project Titan as the company shifts focus to developing software for autonomous cars.
Russia plans to examine ways of simplifying the visa regime with Algeria, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says during a visit to the country.
The Chinese leading home appliances manufacturer Gree Electric Appliances began a $736M construction of a manufacturing base for smart home appliances in the southwest Sichuan Province.
The Chinese leading electric vehicle maker BYD raised $147M in debt to finance further business expansion, including a construction of a lithium battery plant.
Algeria and Russia agreed to further improve bilateral cooperation during a visit of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the North African country.
The Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez announced on Saturday that if Nicolas Maduro refused to declare snap elections in eight day, his government would recognize Juan Guaido as the new President of Venezuela.
The President of France Emmanuel Macron stated on Saturday that his government would support Juan Guaido as new Venezuelan leader if Maduro refused to announce snap elections.
The BAE Systems Chairman Roger Carr stated on Saturday that the United Kingdom must be "critical friend" for its Middle East ally to help it to overcome reputation crisis caused by the Khashoggi case and war in Yemen.
The German government stated on Saturday it was ready to officially acknowledge Juan Guaido as Venezuelan acting President if Maduro refused to call early elections.
On Friday, one of Donald Trump's allies Roger Stone was arrested for providing false information to the US Congress about 2016 presidential elections.
On Saturday, the Malaysian Securities Commission launched a probe into conduct of audit companies in the 1MDB case.
Nigeria's largest opposition party People's Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday decided to pause presidential campaign as a protest against suspension of the country's Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen.
The head of British House of Commons Andrea Leadsom stated on Saturday Brexit might be postponed by a few weeks in order to give legislators time to approve relevant draft law.
The French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday that France is ready to impose new sanctions on Iran if talks over its ballistic missile program fail.
On Saturday, the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported that China has appointed the Chairman of ICBC Yi Huiman, as the head of Securities Regulatory Commission.
On Friday, US payment company Mastercard Inc announced that it plans to apply for China's bankcard clearing license.
The Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that China is confident of keeping its 2019 economic growth rate within an appropriate range.
The United Steelworkers union said on Friday that Shell Oil is dragging feet on major issues in refinery contract negotiations.
On Friday, the United States said that it was ready to increase economic pressure on Venezuela to try to push the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power.
On Saturday, Malaysia's Economic Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali said that the country would cancel its $20 billion railway project with China Communications Construction company.
The United States is asking the United Nations Security Council to fully support Venezuela's National Assembly as the only democratically elected institution in Venezuela.
US stocks and bond yields rallied on Friday after the US President Donald Trump agreed to end the partial government shutdown.