Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday that Canada's former ambassador to China had been fired because his comments on an extradition case involving an executive of telecommunications firm Huawei had made it untenable for him to stay in the job.

The U.S. Justice Department is expected to announce criminal charges related to Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on Monday, four sources told Reuters.

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday that former ambassador to China John McCallum's comments on a Huawei Technologies executive's high-profile extradition case had made it untenable for him to stay in the job.

Facebook Inc on Monday laid out plans for an independent content oversight board with the power to overturn company decisions on user posts, aimed at addressing concerns over misinformation and abusive behavior on the platform.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, contract chipmaker for Apple Inc and Qualcomm, said on Monday a defect of chemical used in manufacturing chips hit production at one of its factories.

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund has slashed its exposure to Tesla Inc, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter, sending the electric car maker's shares down 2.2 percent in mid-day trading.

Europe must act as one on Huawei, French European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau said on Monday, addressing security issues in relation to China.

Facebook Inc said on Monday an external board that is being formed for appealing decisions related to user content will be able to reverse company's decisions on whether to allow or remove user posts.

Apple Inc said on Monday it spent $60 billion with 9,000 U.S. component suppliers and companies in 2018, an increase of more than 10 percent from the year earlier.

China's Didi Chuxing has set up joint ventures with a unit of Chinese carmaker BAIC and Germany's Volkswagen as part of the ride hailing giant's goal to ultimately develop purpose-built cars for its services.

Wall Street analysts expect Tesla Inc to forecast a loss for the first quarter when it reports results on Wednesday, having changed their expectations for a profit after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk warned of a "very difficult" road ahead.

Nvidia Corp on Monday cut its fourth-quarter revenue estimate by half a billion dollars due to weak demand for its gaming chips in China and lower-than-expected datacenter sales, sending its shares sliding 13 percent.

Even as India's new e-commerce curbs sting global giants Amazon.com Inc and Walmart-owned Flipkart, their local rival Snapdeal is cheering the move.

Data sharing and storage company Dropbox Inc said on Monday it would buy electronic signature company HelloSign for $230 million in cash, which will expand its portfolio of workflow-related products.

A Volvo Cars joint venture has won approval to begin hands-free testing of its software for self-driving cars on Swedish highways, partner Veoneer said on Monday.

Russia's communications watchdog is carrying out checks to establish whether U.S. consumer goods group Procter & Gamble and Burger King are complying with local data laws, a spokesman for the watchdog said on Monday.

Facebook said on Monday it will beef up its rules and safeguards around political adverts to prevent foreign interference in elections, including those in Europe this year.

Spike Aerospace Inc has signed up its first orders and is close to selecting an engine for the $125 million supersonic business jet it is developing, its president said on Monday.

An HIV-positive American has leaked online the names of 14,200 Singaporeans and foreigners also diagnosed in the city-state with the human immunodeficiency virus, the Health Ministry said on Monday.

Amid a bleak earnings season for semiconductor companies as China's economy slows, Xilinx Inc provided a bright spot for the sector: Revenue growth driven by the early phases of 5G wireless data networks, earlier and sharper than analysts had expected.