The Chinese electricity consumption grew 7.5% year-over-year in March, reaching the total power use of 573.2B kWh in the reported month, according to the NEA.
Overseas equity of gas and oil output of CNPC grew 10% year-over-year in the first quarter of this year, the Chinese larges gas ang oil producer stated.
The shareholders meeting of Romania's oil and gas company OMV Petrom approved €876.8M investment budget, the firm informed.
Walmart announced plans to open 40 of the company's high-end Sam's Club stores in China by 2020 as it keeps expanding its retail footprint.
Uzbekistan imported vehicles worth $106.4M in the first quarter, almost 2.2 times more than in the Q1 of the last year, Uzbek media reported.
Dubai's economy is anticipated to grow at a stronger pace of 2.1% this year, outpacing the prior year's levels and expanding further 3.8% in 2020.
China's retail sales rose to $1.45B in the March quarter of 2019. a yearly increase of 8%, suggesting that the country's economic downturn was not impacting consumer spending.
Australia's IT spending is expected to reach AU$94B, growing 3% year-over-year in the reported period, the report by Gartner revealed.
Avianca Brasil cancelled more than 1.3K flights, Brazil's media reported, as the bankrupt airline was forced to diminish fleet by more than two-thirds.
China's fixed-asset investment in transport grew 3.3% year-over-year to reach nearly $55.5B in the March quarter, showing a steady growth in the period, official data revealed.
The Cuban government ordered the state-run power system to diminish further electricity generation in a sign that the cash crunch exacerbated by the new US sanctions was taking human and economic toll.
Japan's MUFG is expected to book about $893.34M charge in the fiscal year ended March after the credit card unit stopped new system's development, but is likely keep the full-year profit outlook.
The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia stated that they agreed to send Sudan $3B worth of aid to throw a lifeline to new leaders after protests resulted in the president's ousting.
Japan's Toyota Motor stated that it established the research institute in Beijing partnering with Tsinghua University to study vehicle technology using green technologies, such as hydrogen power.
Business confidence improved in the first quarter of 2019 after declining for two consecutive quarters, the People's Bank of China reports.
Trade between Belarus and Ukraine increased for a third consecutive year to $5.3B in 2018 from $4.6B in 2017, the Ukrainian State Statistics Service reports.
The Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and the Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi agreed to improve bilateral ties at a meeting in Cairo.
China's artificial intelligence company iFlytek reported a net profit rise of 24.71% to $80.8M in 2018, an annual report shows.
Output of German breweries increased by 2.2% to 8.7B litres in 2018, an increase of 184M litres, the Federal Statistical Office Destatis reports.
Italy has registered a slight economic growth of 0.1% in the first quarter of 2019, pulling out of recession, the Bank of Italy reports.
A total of 48 projects with a total value of $7.6B were signed at the China Tianjin International Fair for Investment and Trade in China's Tianjin Municipality.
A total of 1.59M tourists visited Morocco in January and February, a 7.6% increase compared to the same period the prior year, Morocco's Tourism Ministry reports.
The foreign trade of Uzbekistan increased by 27% to $9.4B in 2018, compared to the previous year, the Uzbek statistics committee reports.
Chicago welcomed more than 57.7M tourists in 2018, earning more than $16B from tourist expenditures, the annul tourism report compiled by the Chicago Mayor's Office shows.