Bank of England governor Mark Carney has withdrawn from a high-profile business event with China's ambassador to London, sources said Monday, as pro-democracy protests continue in Hong Kong.

Chinese telecom giant Huawei has been given a 90-day reprieve on the ban from buying U.S. technology, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Monday.

Argentina's Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne resigned Saturday after a week of economic tumult caused by President Mauricio Macri's defeat in a primary poll ahead of a general election.

New machines popping up in Russian shopping centers seem innocuous enough -- users insert their passport and receive a small loan in a matter of minutes.

Buzzing like a giant insect over the verdant Moselle Valley, a drone sprays fungicide over rows of vines.

In a mountainous area north of Tokyo, a priest blows a conch shell as Yuichiro Yamamoto bows and thanks the nature gods for this year's "good harvest": natural ice.

A British judge on Friday gave the green light for a tiny private firm to seize more than $9 billion in assets from the Nigerian government over a failed natural gas deal.

Thailand will pour more than $10 billion into the economy, the finance ministry said Friday, as a new government looks to kickstart sputtering growth after five years of junta rule.

Stock markets rose for the most part on Friday following a recovery on Wall Street that helped to ease global recession fears.

The Turkish military pension fund OYAK said Friday it had signed a provisional deal to buy British Steel after the UK steelmaker was forced into liquidation in May.