In his January inauguration speech, U.S. President Donald Trump made a seemingly straightforward pledge: "We will follow two simple rules: buy American and hire American."

Australia's prime minister held talks with Elon Musk Sunday after the U.S. innovator offered to solve the energy crisis plaguing a southern region in a hundred days -- or install the technology free.   

Passengers flying in and out of Berlin airports face delays or cancellations Monday due to a ground crew strike over pay, union officials said.

Britain is drawing up contingency plans in case its Brexit negotiations with the EU fail, a minister said Sunday as speculation mounted that the withdrawal process could start this week.

Iran received its second new Airbus plane Saturday under an order that Tehran placed last year after a partial lifting of international sanctions.

The US economy had another strong month of job creation in February, the Labor Department reported Friday -- a result sure to boost already high expectations that the Fed will raise interest rates next week.

Germany's trade surplus ticked upwards in January, official data showed Friday, as attacks from the Trump White House over the nation's export strength intensify.

Europe's largest economy exported 18.5 billion euros ($19.6 billion) more than it imported, according to preliminary data adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects from federal statistics office Destatis.

China's central bank governor said Friday the yuan should be "relatively stable" this year after losing seven percent of its value in 2016 amid accusations by US President Donald Trump of currency manipulation. 

People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said the world's number-two economy was expected to stabilise after posting its slowest growth in more than a quarter of a century last year, with benefits for the yuan.

Tunisair announced Thursday the suspension of all its flights because of a row between pilots and technicians.

French-Swiss group LafargeHolcim is ready to sell its cement to build U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial border wall, the company's CEO said in an interview.