European shares rose, helped by some encouraging company results, while French stocks slipped after election jitters weighed on the country's sovereign bonds.
The US trade deficit fell more than expected in December since exports rose to the highest level in than 1-1/2 years, outpacing an increase in imports.
Earlier in the day, shares of Michael Kors Holdings slumped as much as 15% to hit the $34.92 level on the NYSE, as the company's holiday quarter sales fell short of expectations.
Following Facebook's example, YouTube is planning to roll out a new feature that would allow popular users having over 10K subscribers to live-stream videos from mobile devices.
The Governor of Minnesota Mark Dayton, 70, was confirmed to undergo surgery to remove prostate after having been diagnosed with cancer last month.
Later today, the US Senate will ballot on the President's pick for the position of the US Department of Education leader. At least 50 Senate members are set to vote against the nominee.
On Tuesday, the American software corporation Autodesk confirmed that the current company's Chief Executive Officer Carl Bass would resign on February 8, 2017.
The German carmaker confirmed it would pay around $477.7M to settle a case over water damage that may have harmed electrical parts of around 318K luxury vehicles in the US.
On Tuesday, Theresa May's spokesperson stated that the PM would visit China later this year to strengthen trade ties and gain overseas support before the UK leaves the EU.
In a conversation over the phone, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Vladimir Putin to call on pro-Russian separatists to end violence in eastern Ukraine.
Dubai and IBM are eager to team up for the new blockchain computer technology project designed for money transfer and goods tracking.
The US trade gap narrowed 3.2% to $44.3B in the final month of 2017, as exports hit their highest in more than one and a half year, the Commerce Department reported on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Center for Media and Democracy said it would file a lawsuit against Scott Pruitt, Trump's pick to lead the EPA, to reveal details of his communication with energy companies.
Tobacco corporations may completely replace cigarettes with the new "less-harmful" products as many people have already abandoned traditional smoking.
Turkish Islamist hackers assumed responsibility for cyber attacks that took down the Austrian parliament website on Sunday.
The website of the Austrian parliament was temporary unavailable on Sunday as its server experienced the 20-minute cyber attacks with no data leak detected.
On Monday, the US House passed a bill intended to receive a warrant to search old e-mails from tech companies, putting its privacy at risk.
Fiat Chrysler reaffirmed that their diesel vehicles fully met emission requirements as the French government intended to submit the case to the court.
On Tuesday, the opponents will bring forward arguments in the US Court of Appeals over Donald Trump's travel ban maintenance.
Judicial sources said that the French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy would face trial in an illegal campaign financing in 2012, adding that another 13 people would also stand trial.
A man attempted to set himself on fire with gasoline inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, but he was arrested timely before the incident.
Chief Executive of Deutsche Boerse Carsten Kengeter was backed by the company's board on Tuesday as they claimed her talks with the London Stock Exchange did not occur in 2015.
Fujitsu's biggest share-holder will sell a large part of its shares in the company in a step to reduce the companies' cross-shareholdings.
Despite the Philippines' President ordering an „all-out war" on communist rebels, there is still hope that peace talks could end the conflict, the Defense Minister claimed on Tuesday.