China's biggest oil producer PetroChina said Thursday its net profit more than doubled in the first half of the year as global crude prices soared.

The Turkish lira showed no sign of recovery as it slid further against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, hours after Moody's downgraded its credit ratings on 20 Turkish financial institutions.

Britain's Theresa May landed in Nigeria's capital on Wednesday on the second leg of her maiden Africa tour aimed at drumming up post-Brexit trade deals outside the European Union. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday proposed a series of measures to soften a deeply unpopular pension reform, in an apparent attempt to stem a major fall in his approval ratings.

When he won the presidency 15 months ago, Emmanuel Macron charmed company chiefs with a promise to make it easier to do business in France. But the economy remains sluggish, and bosses' patience is waning.

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday pledged to prioritize investment in Africa as she started a three-nation visit to the continent aimed at drumming up trade deals ahead of leaving the European Union.

Toyota will pump about $500 million into ride-share firm Uber as part of a deal to work together on mass-producing self-driving vehicles, the Japanese car giant said on Tuesday.

With a deal with Mexico out of the way, US trade officials are due to resume talks with Canada on Tuesday to try to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement as a trilateral deal.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered banks to adopt the petro cryptocurrency as a unit of account Monday, as the country struggles to emerge from a severe political and economic crisis.

President Donald Trump said Monday a "big deal" with Mexico was close, an apparent reference to ongoing talks to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement.