The EU strongly believes the US unilateral steel and aluminium tariffs are unreasonable and in confrontation with World Trade Organisation rules, the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says.
The European Investment Bank finances Ericsson to fasten 5G mobile network research and implementation in Europe, the European Commission announces in a press release.
Ukraine plans a modernization of 46 projects in its ports by 2030 with a total cost of $1.68B, the Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion says.
The German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with the Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday to discuss broad common interests.
The foreign ministers of Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea met on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties and the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
The EU plans to trigger a dispute at the WTO as US tariffs on steel and aluminium are against agreed international rules, EU officials say.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits dropped to 221K in the week ending May 26, while analysts anticipated a surge to 228K, following the prior month's 234K reading.
Uber Technologies, the US ride-hailing company, is seeking lenders to cut the pricing on its $1.13B term loan set for 2023, sources familiar with the matter said.
Alphabet's Waymo and Uber Technologies are in talks over establishing a partnership to use Waymo's self-driving technology on the Uber ride-hailing app.
On Thursday, Nokia announced it sold its digital health venture, including smartwatches and activity trackers, while the company's executive who wiped out the consumer businesses was set to leave Nokia after nearly a year in his position.
On Thursday, Petroliam Nasional Bhd, Malaysia's local gas and oil firm, stated it would buy a 25% stake in Canada's liquefied natural gas export project, a year after it had cancelled its own terminal.
On Wednesday, Ireland's airline Ryanair is likely to take a full ownership of Laudamotion's leisure airline over the next four years, the company stated on Wednesday.
The Defence Ministers of Russia and Israel met on Thursday and discussed the de-escalation zone of the southern region of Syria.
Representatives of Telegram messaging service have revealed that Apple has forbidden the app to update globally since Russian authorities ordered Apple to remove it from the app store in Russia.
On Wednesday, Australian company Sino Gas & Energy agreed to a $401M takeover bid from the US private equity group Lone Star.
CLS, the FX settlement provider, stated it had invested $5M in the New York-based blockchain consortium R3, taking a seat in the start-up's board of directors.
On Wednesday, Bear Creek Mining's CFO stated that Canada's miner would launch an IPO for the Peruvian unit in Lima to aid finance its $550M Corani silver project.
Suning.com, China's e-commerce company, has decided to sell its shares in Alibaba Group Holding worth $1.5B, reducing its stake to 0.51%, the company stated on Wednesday.
The technology titan Tencent is eager to tie up with China's real estate firm Dalian Wanda Group and ex-local unit Groupon amid the companies' intention to develop "smart retail".
On Wednesday, the Greek privatisations agency stated that Glencore Energy, Vitol Holding B.V. and three others have submitted an initial interest for a 50.1% majority stake in the Greek oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum.
Allergan is planning to sell its infectious disease and women's health businesses, as its CEO Brent Saunders seeks to halt a steep slide in the drugmaker's share price over the past year.
On Wednesday, 21st Century Fox announced it picked up July 10 to hold a special gathering for the stockholders to vote on the merger with Walt Disney.
Samsung Life Insurance stated that the company sold $1B worth of Samsung Electronics' shares, aiming to remove regulatory risks.
China's developer of facial recognition technologies SenseTime raised $620M in the latest funding round, valuing the business at above $4.5B.