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.
Richard Branson is organizing a concert to raise funds for a humanitarian aid effort for crisis-stricken Venezuela to be held in the Colombian border city of Cucuta next week, the British billionaire said in a video on social media.
An impending election and the need to spur economic growth mean Singapore will likely — for the first time in four years — spend more than it is projected to earn.
China is promising to buy semiconductors in an attempt to alleviate trade tensions with the U.S., according to the Wall Street Journal.
The amount of bitcoin traded in crisis-stricken Venezuela has exploded to reach an all-time high.
As high-level talks begin in Beijing to hammer out a trade deal between the U.S. and China, President Trump is reportedly considering a 60-day extension on the March 1st deadline. CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports on the latest from China, including new January Chinese import data.
Europe's Airbus announced plans to scrap production of the world's largest airliner on Thursday, abandoning its A380 superjumbo program in favor of smaller, more nimble jets.
President Trump softened his stance on the trade battle with China, saying he's open to letting the deadline slide, but "would prefer not to." He also said Beijing "very much wants to make a deal," and he has "a big team" in China trying to reach a resolution. CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports.
Energy market participants may be able to adjust to U.S. sanctions against Venezuela's crude industry, the IEA said in its closely-watched report on Tuesday.
European stocks closed higher Wednesday, amid renewed optimism the U.S. and China might be able to resolve their long-running trade dispute.
Venezuela's opposition supporters will take to the streets for nationwide anti-government protests on Tuesday, ratcheting up the pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is likely to win constitutional changes allowing him to dramatically extend his tenure in power — just over a year after telling CNBC that he would never pursue such a thing.
BP has invested more money in Egypt in the last two years than anywhere else, the oil giant's Chief Executive Bob Dudley told CNBC.
Najib Razak, former prime minister of Malaysia, is facing more than 40 charges, including criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of power in relation to the scandal-ridden state investment firm 1MDB.
Iran is funding militias throughout the Middle East while turning its own people into paupers, Saudi Arabian Prince Turki Al-Faisal told CNBC Tuesday.
A flurry of intensifying risks could trigger an energy market "crunch" over the coming months, according to the chief executive of BP.
It is a critical week for the U.S.-China trade talks. Lower level U.S. trade negotiators have arrived in Beijing to continue the trade talks ahead of higher level officials joining later in the week. American officials are looking to get the Chinese to concede on several issues important to the United States. Some investors are also paying attention to the consumer data from the China Lunar New Year that suggest that Chinese consumer confidence is low. CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports.
Buckingham Palace says 97-year-old Prince Philip has decided to stop driving, less than a month after he was involved in a collision that left two women injured.
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces will start an assault on Saturday against Islamic State's last enclave in the part of Syria where the U.S.-led coalition has been supporting operations against the group, an SDF official told Reuters.
February brings the most significant series of tests yet of whether President Trump can transform his disruptive U.S. foreign policy into concrete outcomes, writes Fred Kempe of the Atlantic Council.
Britain's embattled Prime Minister Theresa May is running down the clock with Brexit talks, Goldman Sachs said on Friday.
Domestic pressure could force Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to retaliate to Thursday's deadly attack but experts warn that reprisal could trigger a new cycle of tensions with Pakistan.
An impending election and the need to spur economic growth mean Singapore will likely — for the first time in four years — spend more than it is projected to earn.
Stocks surged on Friday amid increasing hopes for a U.S.-China trade deal as equities posted another solid weekly gain.
U.S. government debt prices were higher on Friday morning, as market participants continued to monitor trade talks between China and the U.S. and awaited fresh data.
European stocks closed higher Friday, boosted by optimism over global trade conditions.
James Andrews of Redmayne Bentley says the U.K. is running out of time, and a delay of Article 50 is "inevitable" if a hard Brexit is to be avoided.
The vote will be held on the April 28th.
Britain's embattled Prime Minister Theresa May is running down the clock with Brexit talks, Goldman Sachs said on Friday.
Chinese bond and equity markets recorded record inflows in 2018 and analysts expect that to accelerate this year as global benchmark indexes increase their weightings for the country's assets.
An impending election and the need to spur economic growth mean Singapore will likely — for the first time in four years — spend more than it is projected to earn.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the younger sister of Rahul Gandhi who leads the opposition Congress party, was recently named general secretary of the faction in a move that could boost Congress' appeal ahead of a national vote.
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