One-time U.S. presidential contender Bernie Sanders spoke Saturday in favor of unionization at a largely African-American Mississippi Nissan plant, in an appearance that doubled as Democratic outreach in the wake of Donald Trump's election.

Sanders, who was bested by Hillary Clinton during the Democratic Party's primary, was accompanied by actor Danny Glover and other officials from the NAACP, which is the largest African-American advocacy group in the United States.

The U.S. stock market's surge since the election has reignited a debate on valuation and whether the market can go higher still after hitting some significant milestones.

The Dow on Wednesday soared above 21,000 points for the first time following President Donald Trump's first major address to Congress. After pulling back on Thursday, stocks tentatively resumed the upward climb on Friday, finishing slightly higher.

Drawing out Greece's troubled fiscal talks and creating uncertainty during tough times for Europe is not a smart choice, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned on Sunday.

Britain will "fight back" if the EU will not strike an acceptable deal on Brexit, finance minister Philip Hammond said Sunday.

Nigeria's anti-graft agency on Thursday filed corruption charges against oil majors Shell and Eni over a $1.3 billion offshore block deal. 

Two months before France's presidential elections, workers for Whirlpool in the northern French city of Amiens are torn between anger and resignation as the U.S. appliances giant prepares to move their jobs to Poland.

China counts more than 100 billionaires among its top legislators, with 209 of the richest holding wealth nearly equivalent to Belgium's annual GDP, according to a report released as the Communist Party's annual parliamentary session started Friday.

Asian equity markets fell on Friday after a broad global rally, but the dollar strengthened against most other currencies as traders become increasingly confident the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates this month.

Investors took their cash off the table on profit-taking Thursday after the previous day's surge fuelled by Donald Trump's address to Congress, in which he promised massive infrastructure spending and tax cuts.

Prime ministers from four eastern EU members on Thursday rejected a future "multi-speed" bloc and demanded Brussels have an agreement on its post-Brexit future hammered out before a key summit in Rome later this month.

Canada's economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6 percent in the final months of 2016, catapulted by stock market commissions and goods purchases, the government statistical agency said Thursday.