The ex-Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls stated he would back the President-elect Emmanuel Macron in the elections next month in the Parliament's lower house.
On Tuesday, the Christian governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama was imprisoned to two years for expressing blasphemy against Islam.
On Tuesday, Elliott Advisors stated it filed a legal claim to oust the Akzo Nobel chairman Antony Burgmans, saying that the takeover refusal offered by PPG was a violation of the Dutch corporate law and company's fiduciary duties.
French police reported on Tuesday that the country's authorities intend to clear out a migrant camp in the North of Paris, saying the site houses about thousands of Afghan and African refugees.
The South Korean Presidential Elections are being held on Tuesday after the former President of the country Park Geun-hye became subject to a graft scandal.
The decision by the US to either retreat from the Paris Climate agreement or to remain part of it was rescheduled to an unknown date due to technicalities.
A poll based on 16 analysts and carried out by Reuters showed that experts anticipate a fall to 2.643 yen in the Japanese current account surplus for March.
Surveys on Brexit impact showed that British customers are increasingly looking for bargains to offset soaring inflation, while employers suffer from a lack of available workers.
The official data revealed that Japanese cash wages dropped 0.4% year-over-year in March, the strongest decline in two years, amid insufficient pay hikes.
Any tightening in global monetary conditions or increase in trade protectionism makes Asia's economies to face uncertainty and risks of downside growth, the IMF said.
Haruhiko Kuroda, the Governor of the Bank of Japan, said that he expects inflation to reach 2% target around fiscal 2018 in respond to the BoJ's intensive monetary easing.
The US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis reported on Monday that the US would thoroughly examine Russia's proposed Syrian safe zones.
The White House reported on Monday that the US President Donald Trump would meet with France's President-elect Emmanuel Macron during the May 25 NATO meeting in Brussels.
On Monday, the White House spokesperson Sean Spicer said that detention of another American citizen by North Korea was "obviously concerning".
The Economy Minister of Turkey Nihat Zeybecki and Brigitte Zypries, her German counterpart, met on Monday to discuss strengthening of bilateral business and trade ties.
On Monday, a number of nations called on the US President Donald Trump to stick to the 2015 Paris Agreement to curtail global climate change.
The President of the St. Louis Fed James Bullard said the recent sluggish economic performance should undermine the Fed's plans for further interest rate hikes.
Malaysia's most-wanted Islamic State member Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi was killed in Raqqa, Syria, on April 29, the Malaysian police confirmed on Monday.
Despite allies and former opponents expressing their willingness to cooperate with Macron, the newly elected French President is set to face huge challenges on his post.
On Monday, Goldman Sachs announced its plans to restructure its investment-banking unit and promote Gregg Lemkau and Marc Nachmann among other moves.
NBC reported on Monday that the former President of the US Barack Obama had warned Mr. Trump against appointing Mike Flynn for the National Security Adviser post.
The Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said the outcome of the French Presidential Election eased concerns over economic turmoil harming the US economy.
Data released on Monday suggested that the Labour Market Conditions Index for the US soared 3.5 over the month of April from the upwardly revised 3.6 gain observed in March.
Austria's Court issued an order that Facebook must delete an insulting content of the Austrian Green party's leader from the country's platform version, despite claims to ban "hate postings" internationally.