Norway's private-sector trade unions reached a deal on Sunday with employers over wages, pensions and other compensation, averting the outbreak of major strikes, a state-appointed mediator said after five days of negotiations.

A Dubai-based cryptocurrency company called Alibabacoin Foundation has rebuffed allegations of trademark infringement brought against it by the giant Chinese online retailer Alibaba Group Holding in a US lawsuit last week.

An Egyptian court ruled on Saturday that a judicial decision to suspend the licenses of ride-hailing companies Uber and Careem should not be applied, allowing them to continue their work, judicial sources said.

Dubai is splashing tens of billions of dollars on infrastructure and hospitality projects related to the international trade fair Expo 2020, Dubai-based BNC Network said in a report published Sunday.

Industrial orders in Germany rose slightly in February after a steep drop the previous month, official data showed Thursday, pointing to lost momentum in Europe's largest economy.

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will be in Washington on Thursday and Friday to join in talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to her office.

The Reserve Bank of India kept its policy rates on hold on Thursday and retained its “neutral” stance but lowered its inflation call, reducing the odds of a near-term rate rise and spurring a rally in stocks and bonds.

Almost eight out of 10 companies and public sector bodies operating in Britain pay men more than women overall, said data published Thursday confirming long-standing gender inequality in the workplace.

China has never surrendered to external pressure and it will win any trade war with the United States, the nation's state media stressed in a series of editorials and columns in the hours after the world's two top economies targeted each other with steep tariffs.

In Kenya, which has a large and fast growing population of internet users, there are no specific laws or regulations to protect the privacy of those individuals.

Australia's central bank left interest rates at record lows on Tuesday, the longest stretch without a change in almost three decades, and looked set to extend this period of “masterful inaction” for some time yet.

The Trump administration rolled back Obama-era pollution and fuel efficiency rules for cars and light trucks on Monday, saying they were too stringent.

China Development Bank (CDB) plans to lend 400 billion yuan ($63.77 billion) this year to support poverty relief projects, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.

Against a backdrop in Britain of gender pay gaps and ongoing disputes over executives' earnings, employees at one London company are helping each other set salaries.

US President Donald Trump launched his second attack in a week on Amazon.com Inc on Saturday, accusing the world's biggest online retailer of getting unfairly cheap rates from the US Postal Service and not paying enough tax.

India is exploring new duties on the import of a key smartphone component, according to two government sources, the latest in a series of moves aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing in the world's second-biggest smartphone market.

Malaysia's central bank said yesterday it had detected and foiled an attempted cyber attack and efforts to transfer funds without authorization using falsified SWIFT messages.

Toyota Motor Corp and Suzuki Motor Corp agreed on Thursday to produce cars for each other in India as Toyota aims to increase its market share in the world's fifth-largest passenger car market.

The US economy grew significantly faster at the end of 2017 than previously reported, as consumer spending hit a three-year high and business investment rose, the government reported Wednesday.

Rice export prices rose in India this week on limited supply and improved demand, while a lack of fresh overseas interest weighed on the staple market in Thailand.