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Thousands of workers rallied Saturday outside the Renault factory in northern France to protest the automaker's decision to cut 15,000 jobs worldwide, including 4,600 in...

Compared to the final quarter of 2019, the decline was 2.1 percent, Statistics Canada said, adding that the drop in GDP was the sharpest...

The trade, fishing and manufacturing industries saw the sharpest drops in employment, the national statistics institute INE said. Increasingly strict lockdown measures through May...

Japan's factory output slid faster-than-expected and retail sales tumbled the most in more than two decades in April, as the coronavirus pandemic wrecked both foreign...

Volkswagen said on Friday it will invest around 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in two Chinese companies in the electric vehicle sector, calling it "the...

Carmaker Renault said Friday that it would cut nearly 15,000 jobs, including 4,600 at its core French operations, as it seeks to steer out of...

Consumer spending drops 13.6% in April, Personal income jumps 10.5%; saving rate hits 33% Goods trade deficit rises 7.2% in April, Goods exports plunge 25.2%; imports...

Slovenia's economy expanded by 2.4% in 2019. Household spending fell by 6.4% year-on-year while gross investments were down by 3.3%. LJUBLJANA: Slovenia's economy shrank by...

Construction, which drove growth in recent years, contracted 1.5% year-on-year in the January-March period, the data showed. Reflecting the downturn, Turkey's April trade deficit...

The government usually approves the guidelines in June but the process has been delayed this year due to the pandemic. TOKYO: Japanese government advisers proposed...