Semiconductor giant ASML has agreed to reduce and delay its planned workforce reductions following successful negotiations with Dutch labor unions.

 Japanese automaker Nissan and Chinese automaker Chery have signed a preliminary agreement to explore the production of Chery vehicles at Nissan's Sunderland plant in northeast England, as the Japanese group seeks to make better use of spare capacity at Britain's largest car factory.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that negotiations between Washington and Tehran are progressing positively and that an agreement with Iran could potentially be reached as early as this weekend.

U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that a partial de-escalation arrangement has been reached between Israel and Hezbollah, helping avert an immediate expansion of the conflict toward Beirut. Yet military operations continue in southern Lebanon, and both Israeli leaders and Hezbollah have shown little sign that the broader confrontation is nearing an end.

Tehran will not accept any diplomatic agreement with Washington unless it guarantees "the rights of the Iranian people are secured," Iran's parliament speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf announced on Sunday.

Iran's state television has disclosed what it described as unofficial details of a potential agreement currently under discussion between Tehran and Washington.

Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, discussed the U.S.-Iran war during a phone call with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, according to a statement from Doha.

Some 89,000 unionised Samsung Electronics' (005930.KS), opens new tab workers in South Korea will begin voting ​on Friday on a pay deal that has been ‌hailed as a win for the company as well as its memory chip workers.

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