Sweden is planning to introduce a bonus-malus scheme at its two main airports in relation to the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that aircraft produce, the government announced Monday.

The Turkish lira and stocks plunged Monday as officials tried to stem the carnage caused by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's abrupt dismissal of his reformist central bank chief.

Asian markets fluctuated Monday as the battle between economic optimism and fears about the inflation and possible rate hikes the recovery will fuel continues to play out on trading floors.

International law firms hired by SGBL Bank chairman and CEO Antoun Sehnaoui have started preparing a series of lawsuits to be filed against Mount Lebanon Attorney General Judge Ghada Aoun in France, Switzerland, Belgium and the U.S., media reports said.

The lawsuits will accuse Aoun of “attempting to harm the reputation of Sehnaoui and the SGBL bank, especially that Sehnaoui owns a bank in the United States and another in France,” LBCI television said.

Turkey fired the governor of its central bank and replaced him with economist and former ruling party lawmaker Sahap Kavcioglu, according to a presidential decree published late on Friday, in a move likely to raise concerns over the bank's independence.  

The United States on Friday condemned the drone strike on a Saudi oil refinery claimed by Yemen's Huthi rebels, calling it an attempt to "disrupt global energy supplies."

Canadian inflation rose 1.1 percent in February from a year earlier as gasoline prices increased for a third straight month, the government said Wednesday.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Katherine Tai as President Joe Biden's top trade enforcer and negotiator.

Lebanon will on Monday begin the fourth phase of its reopening plan following a strict coronavirus lockdown aimed at curbing soaring cases.

The Syndicate of Money Changers in Lebanon on Friday welcomed measures announced by the Presidency and the central bank to rein in the dramatic fluctuations in the dollar exchange rate on the black market.

In a statement, the Syndicate said the move to return the currency exchange operations to “legitimate money changers” and to act against “the ghosts of the black market” will contribute to “stabilizing the dollar exchange rate after the confusion that affected all commercial sectors and aggrieved citizens.”