Brazil's government aims to save more than 1 trillion reals ($270 billion) in 10 years for public coffers with a pension reform bill delivered to Congress on Wednesday, according to an Economy Ministry presentation.
Three U.K. lawmakers from Britain's ruling Conservative Party have quit to join a new centrist group in parliament, saying the government's handling of Brexit has been "disastrous."
Putin threatens to field new weapons that would target U.S. decision-making centers if Washington deploys intermediate range missiles in countries bordering Russia.
Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is looking forward to a good meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Feb. 27 and 28 in Vietnam and wants Pyongyang to ultimately denuclearize but is in no particular hurry.
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The two countries have attempted to raise prices by agreeing supply cuts while at the same time the U.S. has increased output.
Khan said in a televised speech that, should there be an attack from India, "Pakistan will not merely think of retaliation, but rather, we will retaliate."
A Mongolian regulator said it will suspend operations at KFC restaurants temporarily to conduct inquiries, as 42 people were hospitalized and hundreds showed food poisoning symptoms after eating at one of the outlets of the fast-food chain.
InterContinental Hotels Group said its full-year room revenue grew as more people checked into its 380 hotels in the Greater China region.
Trump said he wanted a peaceful transition of power in Venezuela but that all options remained open.
China's foreign ministry says that the US fabricated excuses to slow down its tech industry, including Huawei.
The world economy is headed for a period of "dull, low" growth, according to fund manager Janus Henderson, but the risk of an outright recession remains small.
With the Brexit deadline fast approaching, there's a growing belief that the U.K.'s exit from the EU could galvanize calls for a European army.
The U.S. lags China in promoting its 5G technologies across the world with officials only just "waking up" to its potential, a former U.S. national security advisor told CNBC.
Iran's foreign minister on Sunday accused Israel of looking for war and warned that its actions and those of the United States were increasing the chances of a clash in the region.
The United States is asking its European allies to "take back over 800" ISIS fighters that have been captured in Syria and put them on trial, President Donald Trump tweeted late on Saturday.
"There seems to be disruption [possibly due to] cattle run over," Reuters partner ANI said in a tweet citing the railways ministry.
The oil market is bracing for the insecurity and violence that have historically marred elections in Africa's largest crude producer.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told CNBC that President Donald Trump's rhetoric on defense spending is having an "important" impact on the military alliance.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and trade representative Robert Lighthizer are on their way back to D.C. following two days of trade discussions in Beijing. At the end of their visit in China, the two officials met with President Xi. President Xi has announced that the talks will continue in Washington and that the two sides had made some progress. CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports.
A state-run newspaper claimed the U.S. faces pressure to resolve trade differences with China because failed negotiations would slam markets.
"We live in the space of digital commerce and digital commerce is exploding still around the world ... and we're riding that wave," PayPal CEO Dan Schulman says.
The two countries have attempted to raise prices by agreeing supply cuts while at the same time the U.S. has increased output.
Stocks rose slightly on Wednesday as investors looked ahead to the release of a summary from the Federal Reserve's meeting in January.
European stocks moved higher Wednesday, amid rising hopes the world's two largest economies could soon secure a trade deal.
Oil prices rebound as Saudi Arabia presses Nigeria to adhere to OPEC's deal to cut output.
Three U.K. lawmakers from Britain's ruling Conservative Party have quit to join a new centrist group in parliament, saying the government's handling of Brexit has been "disastrous."
The Russian leader said in his state of the nation address that people should not risk poverty by having a family.
Greece's opposition leader has promised sweeping changes to the economy at a time when the country is slowly back from the brink of an economic collapse.
"We live in the space of digital commerce and digital commerce is exploding still around the world ... and we're riding that wave," PayPal CEO Dan Schulman says.
A Mongolian regulator said it will suspend operations at KFC restaurants temporarily to conduct inquiries, as 42 people were hospitalized and hundreds showed food poisoning symptoms after eating at one of the outlets of the fast-food chain.
Rohan Solapurkar, a Deloitte tax partner, said the raft of measures announced Monday by the Singaporean government was largely expected, and it catered to all of the interest groups the ruling People's Action Party is trying to please.
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