The Chinese industrial output increased 6.2% year-over-year in 2018, slowing from 6.6% growth in the prior year, official data revealed on Monday.
Confidence among Japan's manufacturers fell for a third month in succession in January to the lowest level in two years, as worries over the global economy's health and trade tensions took a toll over the corporate sector.
Asking prices for the UK property rose at the weakest pace since 2012 due to ongoing Brexit worries, suggesting lingering weakness in Britain's house prices.
China's economy expanded 6.4% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2018, official data revealed, in line with forecasts and slower than the prior quarter's 6.5% growth.
The Chinese eastern-central coastal province Jiangsu has approved 24 wind power projects worth $18B with a total capacity of 6.7 gigawatts to boost clean energy production.
The Chinese forestry sector output reached $1.1T in 2018, a 2.88% increase from the prior year, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration reports.
The Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent condolences to his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador over a deadly pipeline blast in central Mexico.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Chad, a Muslim-majority country, to announce the resumption of diplomatic relations between two nations.
The non-oil trade between Malaysia and Iran reached $548.77M in the first nine months of the fiscal year 2018, the economic news agency in Iran Eghtesad Online reports.
The first China-Myanmar economic cooperation zone of 2,430 hectares will be established along the Kunlong-Chinshwehaw border area in Shan state, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reports.
The growth of China's tourism sector and related industries accelerated in 2018 to $550B, an increase of 12.8% compared to 2017, the National Bureau of Statistics reports.
China and Afghanistan should further improve bilateral relations, the former Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta says at a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Liu Jingsong.
The Standard & Poor's credit rating agency affirmed the Greek credit rating at B+ with a positive outlook as the market awaits the first Greek bond issue in almost a year.
The Japanese government welcomes the second summit between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States, the Japanese Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya says.
China-US diplomatic relations have a profound impact on the maintenance of world peace and prosperity, the Chinese Consul General Wang Donghua says.
India is likely to become the top trade partner of the United Arab Emirates by 2020, the UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment Thani Ahmed Al-Zayoudi says.
Rheinmetall, the German arms maker, is seeking to file a lawsuit against Germany, after the government's decision to halt all weapons exports to Saudi Arabia due to journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder.
Hans Dieter Poetsch, Volkswagen's chairman, stated on Sunday that the move to electric cars would make vehicles more expensive; thus, they might become unaffordable for some people on lower incomes.
Larry Kudlow, the Economic Adviser for the US White House, stated that China and the United States were making a progress on their trade talks, but it might take time to reach the agreement.
The State Bank of India lenders are waiting for SEBI regulators to make a decision on the Etihad Airways proposed deal for the debt-laden Jet, SBI's Chairman Rajnish Kumar stated.
On Sunday, the Eurotunnel boss, Jacques Gounon, stated that britons would vote for the Brexit again, if second referendum took place.
Panasonic Corp and Toyota Motor are planning to set up a joint venture in 2020 to develop batteries for electric cars, seeking to compete with the companies' rivals in China.
On Sunday, B Communications stated it was considering to launch an offering of about 8M shares in private auction in Israel, as it sought to certain the country's institutional and accredited investors.
The German chemical group BASF won the European Commission's conditional approval for the acquisition of the Belgian rival Solvay's nylon business, in a deal valued at $1.8B.