The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the Chinese military for buying fighter jets and missile systems from Russia.
Danske Bank said that its headquarters and its Estonian branch failed for years to prevent suspected money laundering involving thousands of customers, The New York Times reports.
Turkey's finance minister has slashed the country's economic growth targets and promised to cut public spending by nearly $10 billion as the country tries to rebuild shattered market confidence and find a way out of a currency crisis, The Financial Times reports.
In a major reversal, the Netherlands is considering shutting down the tax-avoidance benefits that made the country a magnet for international corporations like Netflix, Nike and Uber, the New York Times reports.
Global poverty has fallen to a record low. The World Bank says 10 percent of the world's population lived on less than $1.90 a day in 2015.
Tourists are shying away from Iran, while locals are not spending their money either, both of which have had a negative effect on the country's economy.
CNBC's 'Squawk Box' team discuss North Korea allowing international nuclear inspectors to come into the country and developments after the leaders of South Korea and North Korea met.
President Donald Trump announced a new round of tariffs on Chinese goods Monday night.
The Russian defense ministry blamed Israel for the crash, saying the plane was caught in the crossfire as four Israeli fighters attacked targets in northwestern Syria.
More people are being born in the world's poorest countries, which could halt the decline in the number of extremely poor people and possibly even cause the number to increase, Bill and Melinda Gates wrote in their second "Goalkeepers" report.
Those tariffs will rise to 25 percent at the end of the year as Trump escalates a trade conflict with the world's second-largest economy.
A mummified wolf pup and caribou believed to have walked Earth over 50,000 years ago were discovered with tissue and fur intact, USA Today reports.
A drawn-out bidding war for one of the entertainment industry's most coveted assets will be decided by a sealed bids auction, unless there is a best-and-final offer by the end of the week.
President Donald Trump is looking to impose 10 percent tariffs Chinese imports, below the 25 percent level previously floated by the administration.
As the U.S. and China weigh their next steps on trade, the CEO of Lenovo is calling on both countries to work out their differences.
The Abu Dhabi-based alternative investment firm is among more than a dozen bidders seeking to buy the bulk of Abraaj's private equity funds.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are scheduled to hold a third summit next week in Pyongyang.
"We will have new easing (of capital controls) very soon," Euclid Tsakalotos was quoted as saying in an interview with Naftemporiki newspaper.
The ministers said they were "stepping up the dialogue" on international trade disputes, according to the statement issued at the summit.
The founder and chairman of JD Wetherspoon believes Bank of England Governor (BOE) Mark Carney is "completely wrong" over the potential impact of a chaotic no-deal Brexit.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be forced to make some trade compromises when he meets U.S. President Donald Trump in New York next week.
Washington "will likely be unimpressed by the specifics announced in Pyongyang, which means the hard work remains for the U.S. negotiators," according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"Now we need to think about whether this current trade war will turn into an economic cold war," said Jing Ulrich, managing director and vice chairman of Asia Pacific at J.P. Morgan Chase.
European stocks traded higher Friday as investors shrugged off worries over the U.S.-China trade dispute.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average also reached a new high since January and the S&P 500 surged to a new record.
Oil prices were mixed on Friday after declining in the prior session, with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' meeting in Algeria this weekend in focus.
The tiny Baltic country of Estonia was home to a massive cyberattack in 2007. Here's what it did to prevent to beef up its cybersecurity strategy.
European stocks traded higher Friday as investors shrugged off worries over the U.S.-China trade dispute.
Regret that the U.K. is leaving the European Union and warnings that time is running out to get a Brexit deal typified European leaders' analyses of how negotiations are proceeding.
A high speed train service linking Hong Kong to southern China gets started on Sunday. Officials see it as a major breakthrough in convenience with important economic benefits, while critics in Hong Kong say it marks an erosion of its autonomy.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be forced to make some trade compromises when he meets U.S. President Donald Trump in New York next week.
Southeast Asian countries that are burning through their foreign exchange reserves to defend their plummeting currencies can turn to a regional safety net — known as the Chiang Mai Initiative — if their positions deteriorate, analysts said last week.
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