Taxi-hailing firm Uber has launched a membership scheme dubbed Ride Pass, for passengers in five US cities.

Kenneth Katzman, a senior Iran analyst at Congressional Research Service, which conducts research for the US Congress, also ruled that the sanctions cannot diminish Tehran’s regional role.

President Xi Jinping has promised to open China’s market wider as he opened a trade fair meant to promote the country’s image as an importer.

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A federal judge has denied the justice department’s efforts to halt legal proceedings in a case in which Donald Trump is accused of violating the US constitution, opening the door for the president’s critics to gain access to financial records related to his Washington DC hotel.

Close ally China says it is willing to offer assistance to Pakistan to help it weather its current fiscal crisis but that terms of such aid are still being discussed.

More than 70 business leaders have signed a letter to the Sunday Times calling for a public vote on the UK’s Brexit deal.

Warren Buffett’s company more than quadrupled its third-quarter profits because of a huge paper gain in the value of its investments, although its insurance and railroad businesses also improved.

Imperial Oil Ltd. says it earned $749 million in the third quarter to more than double its profit from last year.

U.S. securities investigators have subpoenaed information from Tesla about production forecasts for the Model 3 electric car that were made last year, the company acknowledged in a regulatory filing Friday.

The Trump administration announces the reimposition of all U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal.