Air China announced the launch of two new routes between Beijing-Astana and Beijing-Zurich in June to provide direct connections between China, Kazakhstan and Switzerland.
The sprawling American investigation of bribery and corruption in international soccer has reached into Asia and claimed the first guilty plea from a senior official in the new FIFA leadership.
In his "100-day action plan" Donald Trump referred to his overarching macroeconomic goals, that he would grow the US economy by 4% per year and create at least 25M new jobs over a decade.
The first freight train linking China directly to the United Kingdom arrived in the eastern Chinese city on Saturday after a 7,500-mile trip, becoming the world's second-longest rail route.
Turkey blocked all access inside the country to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, Turkey Blocks reported on Saturday.
On Saturday, North Korea launched a ballistic missile after the US State Secretary Rex Tillerson said that North Korea's failure to abandon its nuclear programme could lead to devastating consequences.
On Saturday, China deported a US citizen, who was accused of espionage and held in China for two years.
The UN Security Council unanimously supported the peace negotiation resume between Morocco and the Polisario Front over the Western Sahara.
Boeing Co. accused Bombardier Inc. of selling C series passenger aircraft in the US at a loss to increase market share.
The China Development Bank plans to grant loans of $18.9B to support the development of Xiongan area.
Lockheed Martin Corp had won a $1.38B contract for 130 F-35 fighter jets for the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, the Pentagon announced on Friday.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang urged the European Union to avoid interfering in Macao and Hong Kong affairs.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai received a compensation of around $200M in 2016, up from $100.6M in the previous year.
Boeing had won a $541M contract for CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters for the Royal Netherlands Air Force, the Pentagon announced on Friday.
Wolfgang Schaeuble, the German Finance Minister, revealed that the UK should not have any advantages over the rest of countries after leaving the European Union.
US President Donald Trump said that the US gross domestic product increase of 4% to 5% is achievable even with much lower current levels.
Trump signed an executive order to expand offshore gas and oil drilling to places that was not available, in attempts to boost GDP growth.
Tesla, Apple asked California to strengthen its policy on autonomous vehicles, but not to prohibit testing of self-driving cars that are 4,535 kg or more.
Donald Trump is set to sign a new executive order to identify any issues caused by the US existing trade deals, including country's involvement in the WTO.
The Federal Reserve is likely to offer regulations controlling how tech companies enter consumer lending market, said Lael Brainard, the Fed Governor.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Emmanuel Macron would be a strong president for France, and hoped that he would win the run-off against a far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
Germany and France sought a new deal with Turkey to restore relations with the President Tayyip Erdogan, while the EU lawmakers called for suspension of Turkey's stalled EU bid.
The ECB forecasters predict the Euro zone's inflation to increase faster than earlier expected, with average headline inflation expectations for 2017 being raised to 1.6% from 1.4% estimated previously.
The US Congress averted the government shutdown, providing lawmakers with another week to work out federal spending through September 30, with issues like defense expenditures still unresolved.