Peugeot is expected to announce a deal to buy Opel from General Motors on Monday after reaching an agreement with the US carmaker. The acquisition will make the French carmaker Europe's second biggest automotive manufacturer after Volkswagen.
The centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron strengthened his status as favourite to win the French presidency as pressure building on his counterpart Francois Fillon who faces a deepening financial scandal.
Britain's Foreign Minister Boris Johnson will visit Moscow to discuss differences between the two countries over Ukraine and Syria, in the first such visit for five years, the Foreign Office said.
China and India as the world's two biggest countries should concentrate on strengthening cooperation and enhancing mutual understanding rather than dwelling on disputes, a spokesperson for China's top legislature said.
The UK can leave the EU without paying any bills, as government lawyers claim that no law or treaty can oblige the country to make payments for any financial liabilities owed to the bloc.
Key members of the French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon's team continue quitting amid a fallout from a financial scandal. The latest to leave were Fillion's campaign chief Patrick Stefanini and the main spokesman Thierry Solere.
While China's Yuan is experiencing two-way fluctuations, market expectations remain stable about the currency's future trend, the central bank's Deputy Governor said, adding that China's forex reserves are more than suffecient.
China to defer implementation of nationwide property tax this year, despite growing expectations that such steps will soon be taken to restrain soaring property prices, a spokeswoman for China's parliament said.
China's military budget to rise 7% this year, the slowest pace since 2010 and following a 7.6% increase in 2016. The nation's defense spending will account for 1.3% of GDP, the same level as the past few years.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Germany after two Turkish ministers' rallies have been cancelled in German towns.
China's Central Bank Vice Governor Yi Gang hinted on Saturday that the bank does not plan to raise interest rates for now.
The Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Friday that the country was ready to negotiate changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement with the Trump administration.
Answers Corp, which owns the answers.com web page filed for bankruptcy with a plan to give up ownership of the corporation to creditors.
The US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that an increase in interest rates could be "appropriate" in March.
Deutsche Bank plans to review capital increase of $8.5B through an equity offering to improve its balance sheet.
On Friday, the Egyptian interior ministry's forces shot four fugitives terrorists south-west of the capital, Cairo, the ministry reported in a statement.
On Friday, the US Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal demanded Jeff Sessions, the US Attorney General, to be questioned over the concealment of him being in contact with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign in 2016.
According to the police of Congo, on Friday, in the capital of of the Republic the leader of a separatist cult was arrested after a two-week long standoff.
After eight long days of peace talks in Geneva, the Syrian opposition accepted 12 UN general principles on Syria's future.
On Friday, the Fed Governor Janet Yellen stated that a rate hike in March is possible if the upcoming employment and inflation data do not disappoint.
On Friday, Marine Le Pen, a French presidential candidate, refused to give a statement to judges before the end of the elections, concerning allegations over the misuse of EU's funds.
Stanley Fischer, the Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, claimed that monetary policy is not enough to deal with the complexity of the economy, but human capital is of highest importance.
Oil prices surged upon a weaker Dollar, but Russian data that signaled a lack of compliance with the output deal made investors wary.
As many as 98 prisoners were released in Gambia on Friday as part of the country's attempt to change the system after authoritarian leader Yahya Jammeh's ousting.