YENAGOA, Nigeria: Two Royal Dutch Shell oil workers were kidnapped, and their police escorts killed, in Nigeria's restive Delta region, a police spokesman said on Friday. The workers were in Rivers State, returning from an official trip to Bayelsa state, when they were attacked. "The Shell ...
A Brazilian bank commercial highlighting the country's diversity was pulled following a request by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, the bank confirmed Friday.
President Donald Trump, speaking at the start of a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said on Friday the United States is having good trade discussions with Tokyo and the two countries have a chance to make a long-term trade deal.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished at fresh records on Friday (Apr 26) following strong US economic growth data, amid relief at better-than-expected corporate earnings.
Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it was halting plans to install Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) technology, aimed at letting cars and trucks communicate with one another to avoid collisions, on U.S. vehicles beginning in 2021.
Bayer shareholders on Friday cast a vote of disapproval of the German drugmaker's top management amid anger over a stock price slump as litigation risks mount from the US$63 billion takeover of seed maker Monsanto.
Two Trump administration officials said on Friday that neither a wind-down period nor a short-term waiver on China's oil purchases from Iran are being contemplated after Washington surprised Iran’s customers on Monday by demanding that buyers halt the purchases by May 1 or face sanctions.
United Airlines said on Friday it expects to cancel about 900 flights in May and around 130 in April due to the grounding of Boeing's 737 MAX jets.
The United States said on Friday a World Trade Organization ruling on national security was "seriously flawed", a warning not to use it as a precedent to judge U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on imported steel and cars.
Oil prices tumbled more than 3 percent on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump again pressured the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to raise crude production to ease gasoline prices.
