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The U.S. State Department approved its first major arms sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under U.S. President Joe Biden with the sale of 280 air-to-air missiles valued at up to $650 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

France announced on Tuesday a 1.8 billion euro ($2.1 billion) support plan for the country's cloud computing industry in a bid to give French companies in the sector global scale.

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Russia has left military units near the Ukrainian border after exercises, with the number of Russian troops in the area now totalling 90,000, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry said.

Qatar and Rolls-Royce will team up in a multi-billion pound project to develop and invest in green technology start-ups in the UK and the Gulf Arab state which they hope will reach "unicorn" status as worth more than $1 billion.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson told a U.S. congressional panel that Boeing Co has "more work to do" as the planemaker continues to face scrutiny following two fatal 737 MAX crashes in the space of five months in 2018-2019 that killed 346 people.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday said it had approved Boeing Co's application to launch and operate 147 satellites to provide high-speed broadband internet access.

Vietnam's Bamboo Airways on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with a joint venture between General Electric and Safran SA for the purchase of aircraft engines and equipment worth up to 1.73 billion euros ($2 billion).

Russia's Black Sea naval forces practised destroying enemy targets on Tuesday as Moscow bristled at the presence of two U.S. warships in the area.

Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Tuesday it will buy freight-forwarder Senator International along with two Boeing aircraft, the firm's latest move to boost its businesses beyond ocean shipping.