According to the Asahi newspaper, the Japanese Emperor Akihito will most probably renounce the throne in March 2019, the first abdication in almost 200 years.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that she was sure that Britain and the European Union are likely to achieve a good Brexit result after Theresa May appealed to move the negotiations forward.
PayPal Holdings announced that the company's third-quarter profit topped forecasts due to sharp increase in mobile payments, allowing to lift full-year adjusted earnings expectations.
The US President Donald Trump completed to interview five candidates he was considering to appoint as the Fed chair and is set to announce his decision next week.
Whirlpool asked the US trade panel to recommend 50% import duties on residential washing machines to ensure that rivals Samsung and LG follow plans to shift production in the US.
US lawmakers, worried about hackers' use of the Internet to influence the US elections, introduced legislation to extend the rules that apply to political advertising on television and radio to social media, including Facebook and Twitter.
The US President Donald Trump met with the Fed Chair Janet Yellen as he considers whether to reappoint Yellen for the second term.
A member of the US House of Representatives' Freedom Caucus tries to kill any chance of a second term for the Fed Chair Janet Yellen.
The US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said that Russian interference with help of cyber-enebaled means in the US elections was a warfare.
The EU leaders urged the UK Prime Minister Theresa May to do more to break the deadlock in the Brexit talks as they meet at a summit in Brussels.
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet the US President Donald Trump to possibly discuss the UN reform, after the Trump administration announced withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change and UNESCO.
Joel Giraud, a lawmaker from the French President Emmanuel Macron's party responsible for steering the 2018 budget bill through the lower house, looked into details of how the richest 1% would benefit from abolishing a wealth tax.
The European Parliament is set to discuss the protection of journalists and media freedom in Malta next week. The EU leaders call for a thorough investigation into a murder of the Maltese best-known investigative reporter.
The Conference Board reported on Thursday its Leading Economic Index for the United States dropped 0.2% over the course of September.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Manufacturing Index surged in October, jumping to 27.9 points from the 23.8-point reading registered in the preceding month.
According to the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, the country's trade surplus managed to widen from CHF 2.20B to CHF 2.92B over the course of the prior month.
The Office for National Statistics reported on Thursday that retail sales in the United Kingdom were down 0.8% over the month of September.
Shares in Apple dropped 1.5% on Thursday amid traders and brokers speculations over low demand and production cuts of the new iPhone 8, right ahead of the iPhone X launch in November.
On Thursday, The Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called the British PM Theresa May to clear up the Brexit financial commitments the UK is eager to honour the European Union.
Nissan is eager to suspend domestic production of cars for the Japanese market for two weeks, as it aims to address misconduct in the inspection procedures that caused a major recall.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits fell 22K to 222K in the week ending October 14, following the prior month's upwardly revised reading of 244K.
The oil ministry stated on Thursday that Iraq would not be able to renew Kirkuk's oil output before Sunday due to missing equipment at the Avana and Bai Hasan oil fields.
On Thursday, Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan called mayors of the three main Turkish cities to resign, as he seeks to revitalise his ruling party right ahead of the 2019 elections.
China central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan is considering to retire in the near future, saying he would likely be replaced by veteran banker Jiang Chaoliang or senior banking regulator Guo Shuqing.