According to Qatar National Bank, the economic growth in Southeast Asia might have experienced a slowdown in Q4 2017 due to reduced public and private investment.
Mary Barra, the Chief Executive Officer of General Motors Co, expressed optimism about the survival of NAFTA amid plans to build new trucks in Mexico.
French major mobile telephone operators have aimed to spend at least €3B to ensure 4G network coverage in black spots across the country so that there are no uncovered gaps by 2020.
The Philippines raised an alert at the restive Mayon volcano on Sunday, citing signs of rising magma, such as unleashed ash and sulfuric odor that could lead to the hazardous eruption.
According to the IRNA news agency, the Iranian government has lifted restrictions on one of the most popular messaging app Telegram that has approximately 40M users in the country.
The Interior Minister of Chili Mario Fernandez promised on Saturday that Pope Francis will be safe during his visit this week despite a number of attacks on Catholic churches in Santiago.
Congolese and Ugandan forces started a joint offensive in the city of Beni against the rebellious Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) that attacked and killed 15 UN peacekeepers last month.
The Finance Minister of Brazil Henrique Meirelles stated on late Saturday that a decision by rating agency S&P to downgrade country's long-term sovereign debt rating to BB- from BB will have no impact on projected 3% GDP growth.
After major protests the Tunisian government has decided upon spending $70 million on aiding to the poor families of the country.
Officials of Chile have criticized the World Bank, announcing that the country has been treated unfairly in the latest Doing Business ranking.
Saudi Arabian officials have announced that the public prosecutor will ask for extradition of corruption suspects. The suspects would then be forced to return to Saudi Arabia.
It has been announced that Airbus is set to pay 104 million Euro fine due to the 1992 missile sale to Taiwan.
Airbus officials announced on Saturday that the company is in talks with German prosecutors to end the investigation into the Eurofighter jet plane sale to Austria.
As the results of the last auction of the Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market have been accounted for, a new record has been set. A restaurant has paid for prime bluefin tuna the price of $323,000 .
A mob in South Africa has ransacked H&M stores. The mob used the recent ads, branded by some as racist, of the Swedish group as an excuse for violence and breaking the law.
General Motors Company on Saturday announced that the company will reveal a brand new generation of Silverado pickup trucks at the Detroit auto show.
Dozens of nationals of China and Taiwan have been arrested by Philippines officials on suspicion of running a large scale international telecom scam.
South and North Korean officials have decided upon holding working level talks on January 15. The talks are set to occur on the North Korean side of the village of Panmunjom.
A number of German Social Democrats (SPD) called their party members to vote against formation of alliance with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU). The push-back came shortly after the party leaders asked to support a grand coalition for another four years.
According to the Adidas Chief Financial Officer Hans Ohlmeyer, in medium term company plans to increase its market share in the United States to 15-20%.
In a statement released on Saturday, Air France denied it had made a joint offer with EasyJey to acquire the problematic airline Alitalia.
The President of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan stated on Saturday that Turkish forces stationed in Syria's Idlib province would defeat Kurdish militia in the adjoining region of Afrin.
The new head of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday that South Africa needs open foreign investments and, for this reason, the government is ready to ensure policy certainty.
The Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi reported on Saturday that oil production power is near reaching 5M bdp. However, Iraq promises not to exceed the output target under the OPEC agreement to cut supplies.