German consumers' mood looks set to darken in March as concerns about rising inflation and US President Donald Trump's protectionist policies start to bite, a key survey found Thursday.

Market research firm GfK said its forward-looking index for March dipped to 10.0 points from 10.2 in February, slightly below analyst expectations.

An ATM in Delhi spewed dummy 2,000-rupee notes issued by the 'Children Bank of India', prompting an investigation into the embarrassing lapse, police said Wednesday, months after the government's shock cash ban triggered painful shortages.

European airplane maker Airbus said Wednesday that its profits nosedived last year as charges related to problems with its A400M military cargo transport plane sent earnings into a tailspin.

A strong run for world equities since Donald Trump's election showed signs of reversing Wednesday as Wall Street posted losses and European equities trod water.

Saudi petrochemical giant SABIC's net profits fell almost five percent last year, in part due to lower sales prices, the firm announced Wednesday.

Paris saw a drop of 1.5 million tourists in 2016 as fears linked to terror attacks scared off visitors, especially from China and Japan, figures showed Tuesday.

Russia's Rosneft oil giant has paved the way for investment in Libya's oil sector by signing a Cooperation Framework Agreement with the National Oil Corporation of Libya, it was announced Tuesday.

A vast corruption scheme that started in Brazil but morphed into a giant international scandal is about to spread even further, a top prosecutor warned Monday.

Brazil-based Odebrecht, one of the region's biggest construction companies, was at the heart of a scheme to bribe Brazilian state oil giant Petrobras in exchange for inflated contracts. 

Protectionist fears under Donald Trump and uncertainties caused by Brexit sparked a huge plunge in 2016 profits, global banking giant HSBC said Tuesday.

Unveiling an 82 percent fall in its net profit, the bank said ongoing volatility and surging populism around the world would continue to hit its bottom line.

European stock markets rose Monday, with gains in London capped by a sharp drop in the share price of Unilever following the collapse of a proposed mega-merger.