After a deadly crash in Indonesia, American Airlines pilots called a meeting to press Boeing executives for safety changes to the 737 MAX aircraft, US media reported Tuesday.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday labeled the escalating trade war with China "a little squabble" and again accused Beijing of scuttling an agreement when it was near completion.

Asian markets extended a global sell-off Tuesday following hefty losses on Wall Street that came in response to China's hike in tariffs on $60 billion of US imports, ramping up tensions in a trade war between the global economic titans.

British telecoms giant Vodafone announced Tuesday that it recorded a vast annual net loss of 7.6 billion euros ($8.5 billion), hit partly by the sale of its Indian assets.

Uber shares went into a fresh skid Monday -- more bad news for the global ride-hailing giant, which endured steep declines in it hotly anticipated market debut last week.

China said Monday it will raise tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods from June 1, in retaliation for the latest round of U.S. tariff hikes and Washington's plans to target almost all Chinese imports.

World stocks mostly sank Monday in reaction to a festering US-China trade war, while oil rallied on simmering tensions in the crude-rich Middle East.

The French Institute of Lebanon, represented by its director Véronique Aulagnon, and Societe Generale de Banque au Liban, represented by its Deputy CEO Philippe Dubois, inaugurated the Antoun Nabil Sehnaoui Cultural Space at Cinema Montaigne, in the presence of actress and producer Julie Gayet, members of the bank's general management as well as numerous personalities from the political, media and cinema worlds, a press release said on Monday.

Markets in Asia were largely down in morning trade on Monday as the lack of a US-China trade deal cast a cloud over the market.

Nissan is seeing sales and profits tumble, as its once revered former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, awaits trial on charges of financial misconduct.

Nissan Motor Co. says it is beefing up corporate governance and sticking with its alliance with French partner Renault SA and smaller Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. That's critical to getting sales back on track, analysts say. But the way forward is clouded by questions about setting strategy without a visionary Ghosn there to guide it.