Start-up company Northvolt said Thursday it had picked its home country Sweden to build Europe's biggest factory for electric car batteries, rivaling Tesla's American "Gigafactory".

China's economy slowed marginally in the third quarter but is well on course to beat the government's annual target, cementing Xi Jinping's standing as he prepares to be handed a second term in power at a key Communist Party conclave.

Saudi budget carrier flynas on Wednesday made the first commercial flight from Riyadh to Baghdad since 1990, as ties with neighboring Iraq show signs of improvement.

European stock markets advanced solidly Wednesday as Wall Street set new all-time highs, although Madrid lagged after Spain threatened to suspend Catalonia's autonomy.

The Tokyo stock market might be riding two-decade highs, but a growing number of Japanese are choosing to stash their cash in the humble home safe, wary of negative interest rates in the bank and out of the view of eagle-eyed tax officials.

It's the prize of a lifetime -- a $5 billion investment creating 50,000 well-paid jobs that everyone wants, but only one US city will get.

Tourism activity in Catalonia, Spain's most visited region, has dropped by around 15 percent since a contested independence referendum on October 1 that was marred by violence, an industry lobby group said Tuesday.

Reversing Britain's shock referendum to leave the EU would "significantly" boost the economy, the OECD said on Tuesday, while the government insisted there were no plans to cancel Brexit.

Britain's annual inflation rate accelerated in September to the highest level in more than five years, lifted by rising commodity, food and transport prices, official data showed Tuesday.

China's economic growth likely eased in the third quarter but is on course to beat the government's annual forecasts, analysts say, providing a boon for the Communist Party as it prepares to hand Xi Jinping a second term as president.