Global stocks held steady on Monday, with U.S. markets closed for a holiday, while Chinese equities fell slightly after the country's central bank wrong-footed investors by skipping on a rate cut.
The German economy contracted by 0.3% in the final quarter of last year and shrank by 0.3% over the full-year 2023, the Federal Statistics Office said on Monday.
A heart-warming story of a man jailed for wearing a tie has become the first Armenian film to make it onto the Oscar's shortlist, in the international feature category.
QatarEnergy, one of the world's largest exporters of liquefied natural gas, has stopped sending tankers via the Red Sea although production continues, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.
Five years after Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank aborted an attempt to merge, an uncertain outlook for bank profitability and Germany's need to plug a hole in its budget have rekindled speculation about a potential deal.
Turkish police detained Israeli soccer player Sagiv Jehezkel and were questioning him on Monday over a message he displayed on his wrist during a top-tier match alluding to the passage of 100 days since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, state media said.
A sustained fall in India's core retail inflation and subdued inflationary pressures could prompt the central bank's rate-setting panel to ease its policy stance to 'neutral' as early as next month, economists said.
Apple is offering rare discounts on its iPhones in China, cutting retail prices by as much as 500 yuan ($70) amid growing competitive pressure in the world's biggest smartphone market.
Most major stock markets in the Gulf edged higher in early trading on Monday ahead of the usual flurry of quarterly and full-year corporate results, although regional conflict weighed on sentiment.
The London Metal Exchange (LME) aims to launch pilot contracts this year using prices from the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE), its chief executive told Reuters on Monday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting.
European shares edged higher on Monday as investors remained upbeat about rate cut prospects from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, while Dassault Aviation shares weighed on the index following a rating downgrade.
About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said.
Microsoft has eclipsed Apple to become the world's largest company by market capitalization, driven by its deep focus on generative artificial intelligence (AI), a sector that has garnered increasing investor favour.
The average contract price for spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for shipment to Japan last month was not disclosed by state-owned Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) on Monday.
Malaysian palm oil futures slipped on Monday and were set to snap a seven-session gaining streak, pressured by demand concerns in key destinations, although a decline in production and strength in rival Dalian vegetable oils limited losses.
Boeing faces a fresh delay in the resumption of deliveries of 737 MAX jets to China after the mid-air blowout of a panel on an Alaska Airlines MAX 9 this month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
The global economy faces a year of subdued growth prospects and uncertainty stemming from geopolitical strife, tight financing conditions and the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence, a survey of top economists released on Monday found.
The Taiwan dollar fell to more than a three-week low on Monday even as equities ticked higher after the country's Democratic Progressive Party won the presidential election, while the Thai baht appreciated most since mid-December.
A full-scale launch of Ruwiki, a Russian version of the popular Wikipedia internet encyclopaedia, will take place on Monday, according to Russian media reports.
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