Unilever was competing with Hormel Foods, the US canned meat maker, to buy the foods branch of UK consumer goods producer Reckitt Benckiser.
The UK finance ministry is set to help firms by switching the indexation of business rates from retail prices to consumer prices from 2020.
The CBI reported that roughly four of every ten UK business reported that Brexit affected their decisions on investments, citing uncertainty over the future of Britain-EU relationship.
French President Emmanuel Macron stated that he was full of hope that the US President Donald Trump would reverse his mind and come back to the Paris Climate Agreement.
Crude oil inventories are expected to decline at a faster pace worldwide in the second half of 2017 as demand grows and OPEC members comply with a global agreement to cut output, Kuwait's OPEC Governor said.
The IMF welcomed Cairo's economic reform programme, including increasing the fuel's price and imposing value-added tax, which was expected to have a positive impact on the budget.
Russia's Embassy in London said that The Times article claiming that hackers supported by the Russian government allegedly attacked energy networks on the island of Ireland had no evidence.
The US President Donald Trump announced that the lawyer Ty Cobb would serve as special counsel at the White House.
China's President Xi Jinping urged to accelerate developing laws and regulation governing the financial sector to contain systematic risks.
China introduced reform plans to improve financial sector's capabilities to serve the real economy while safeguarding against systemic risks.
Britain can still remain in the EU despite its Brexit referendum vote, the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said.
Satellite images taken between September and June showed increased thermal activity at North Korea's nuclear plant, a worrying sign for the US and its allies.
A dispute between the Italian government and Telecom Italia's CEO over the rollout of ultrafast broadband has been solved, Italy's Industry Minister said.
The US President Donald Trump's administration took the dispute over the temporary travel ban to the Supreme Court again, asking to bar entry into the US by people with grandparents and cousins in the country.
The French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called for a speedy lift of sanctions targeting Qatari nationals, thus attempting to ease the Gulf regional crisis.
The leader of Germany's Social Democrats Martin Schulz is to meet the French President Emmanuel Macron on June 20, the party's spokesman told reporters on Saturday.
The Romanian President Klaus Iohannis explained on Saturday that the recent missile purchases were intended to strengthen Romania's defences and not pressure Russia.
Protesters gathered in Singapore on Saturday to demand an independent inquiry into PM Lee Hsien Loong's alleged abuse of power in a property-related dispute with siblings.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran said that the US President Donald Trump should deal with "arbitrary and conflicting policies" of the US and its allies in the region.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Brexit and the French election had changed her view on the EU, emphasising that it was important to fight for stronger Europe.
A lawmaker of the Austrian Green party Peter Pilz filed a complaint against Daimler, accusing the firm for deception and fraud regarding a purchase of Eurofighter jets in 2003.
The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said that the European Union was willing to adjust its rules on freedom of movement, thus helping Britain to avoid "hard Brexit".
The European Central Bank is not expected to change its rhetoric at the monetary policy meeting on July 20; however, it may hint to some adjustments to the asset-buying programme.
According to media reports, the massive fire that broke out at the 36-storey Marco Polo tower block in Honolulu, Hawaii, had killed three people.