On Monday, the British Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire resigned due to some health issues, ahead of the scheduled Cabinet reshuffle by the Prime Minister Theresa May.
European shares climbed to their two-year highs on Monday, driven by increased investor confidence in solid global economic growth and a boost in auto stocks.
According to Reuters, Merkel's Christian Democrats and the centre-left SPD have agreed to introduce a tax relief for high-income earners, thus being able to advance with coalition talks.
According to source familiar with the matter, the Social Democrats (SPD) together with German conservatives want to increase the plank for a maximum tax rate for people with high earnings to a yearly income of €60K.
During the first official visit to China the French President Emmanuel Macron said that the European Union and China must jointly work on the "Belt and Road" project, which could not be one-sided.
The South Korean Trade Ministry said on Monday it expects fast revision of a bilateral trade agreement with the United States, but notes that "an uphill battle" is still ahead because of growing protectionism.
On Monday, the rival airlines Etihad and Emirates signed a deal to share intelligence and information, Etihad Airway's CEO Tony Douglas reported.
Ford Motor is planning to launch a new diesel engine version of the carmaker's bestseller F-150 pickup truck, in efforts to grab a fuel economy edge and compete with rivals.
Nvidia Corp is planning to partner with Volkswagen and Uber over its self-driving technology, following his partnership with Tesla and Chinese giant Baidu.
On December 22, the Danish pharmaceuticals maker Novo Nordisk offered to acquire Belgium's biopharma company Ablynx for €28.00 per share, which is about €2.6B in total.
Italy's far-right Forza Italia party and its allies Northern League and Brothers of Italy vowed to implement a lot of changes including the reversion of the pension law if elected.
The White House reported that the US President Donald Trump spoke with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to discuss developments on the Korean Peninsula and touch upon protests in Iran.
Apple's two key investors urged the company to address the ongoing problem of youth getting highly addicted to iPhones.
On Monday, the People's Bank of China said it would skip open market operations for the 11th consecutive trading day on the back of "relatively high" liquidity levels in the banking system.
China launched a ¥30B worth investment fund to fuel the services trade industry's growth, in a bid to improve further the country's structure of foreign trade.
Vietnam brought 22 executives to high-profile trial on losses at the country's oil firm, where the most serious offences might be the death penalty.
The Australian Industry Group reported on Monday that its Construction Index fell to 52.8 in December from the prior month's 57.5.
The leader of Norway's Labour Party Trond Giske has resigned following sexual harassment allegations, according to official sources.
Saudi Arabian Oil and other major local companies stated that they will increase Saudi staff's salaries, matching the royal order to ease public discontent over the rising prices.
Takata Corp that filed for bankruptcy, has called back 3.3M air bags as part of the US order, which scheduled the potentially deadly devices' repairs over several years.
FAW Car Co has aimed to purchase a 10% stake in Chinese startup Mobike Chuxing Technology's new car-sharing unit, while financial details were not disclosed.
At least 20 UK retailers will publish their holiday shopping season's performance figures next week, while Tesco anticipates to be one of the leaders but M&S continues to struggle.
British Labour MPs have urged PM May to cancel the appointment with KPMG to assist with the Grenfell Tower inquiry amid conflict of interest due to auditing work for involved firms.
Former World Trade Organisation's director general Sutherland, also known as the overseas arm of Goldman Sachs and long-serving chairman of BP, the oil giant, died aged 71.