Two supermarkets Coop and Edeka expanded their Nestle products boycott, putting more pressure on the Swiss company in the pricing stand-off with some other EU retailers.
Leadership of the Czech Social Democratic party voted to terminate the government talks with the ANO party led by the Prime Minister Andrej Babis, sources stated on Friday.
On Friday, the World Bank provided Lebanon with $4B in loans over five years at the Paris donor conference, the country's Economy Minister stated.
According to the Singapore competition watchdog, Uber is set to postpone the shutdown of its ride-hailing app in Singapore until April 15 due to competition review.
The European Central Bank granted an approval to Ford for its app to set up a German bank amid carmaker's strategy to soften possible risks from Britain's withdrawal from the EU.
On Friday, France stated it would pledge $672M in aid to Lebanon to support its economic reforms amid the country's struggles from the Syrian war impact.
The UK's benchmark index FTSE 100 fell 0.2% to 7 181.42 on Friday in response to comments by the US President Donald Trump about additional trade tariffs on China.
The Russian FSB Federal Security service has filed a lawsuit in order to restrict access to the messaging app Telegram after its refusal to provide clients' secret messages.
India urged Hong Kong authorities on Friday to arrest the jeweller Nirav Modi, a suspect in a $2B fraud at Punjab National Bank, as the fugitive might be on the territory of China.
Uber's rival Didi Chuxing Technology made a public launch in Mexico by recruiting drivers and advertising its ride-hailing services, saying the firm would start operations in the nearest future.
LG Electronics stated on Friday it was expecting its Q1 operating profit to surge 20% from the prior year to the company's highest since 2009, topping market forecasts.
On Friday, South Korea called on General Motors and the local labour union to reach a deal on wages swiftly to let the government discuss support for the carmaker on agreement condition.
South Korea's court will deliver the verdict on Friday on the ousted President Park Geun-hye with prosecution seeking a 30-year prison term over corruption scandal that involved conglomerates and political leaders.
On Friday, the former South African President Jacob Zuma is set to appear in the High Court to face charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering that caused his loss from power.
China hopes that the North Korea leader Kim Jong Un's planned summits with the Presidents of the United States and South Korea will defuse tensions on the Korean peninsula.
Mitsubishi Motors is planning to recall 86,620 Outlander cars that have been sold in Russia in the 2007-2012 time period, Russia's Rosstandart reported on Friday.
Facebook has been fined $33M by Brazil's judge for failing to collaborate with a corruption inquiry, the federal prosecution stated on Thursday.
On Thursday, shares of Facebook surged 4.2% after its CEO Mark Zuckerberg smoothed investors by saying that the social network had not noticed any strong impact on ad sales linked to data privacy row.
South Korea's prosecution raided offices at Samsung Elec.'s unit on Friday on the back of a probe into the alleged union sabotage, Yonhap News Agency reported.
On Friday, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak is set to announce the Parliament dissolution at 0330 GMT, paving the path for the country's general election.
Monex Group, Japan's online brokerage business, stated that it would acquire the Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange firm Coincheck for $33.6M.
Samsung Electronics reported an unexpectedly high profit in the Q1, though the market's reaction was muted amid raising concerns that the semiconductor boom is likely to end.
The MHLW reported that average cash earnings grew 1.3% in February, following the preceding month's rise of 1.2% and surpassing analysts' expectations for a 0.5% climb.
Japan's Statistics Bureau reported on Friday that household spending rose 0.1% in February, after climbing 2.0% in the prior month, whereas analysts anticipated an increase of 0.3%.