On Thursday, the President of the US Donald Trump named Bill Shine, the former executive of Fox News, to the deputy chief of staff for communications after resignation of Hope Hicks' in February.
Syrian army came closer to the border of Jordan as Russian military and Syrian opposition agreed on resuming previously suspended talks on ending fighting in the region, resulting in UN's request to Jordan to open its borders for refugees.
On Thursday, Chief Executive Officer of Thyssenkrupp Heinrich Hiesinger asked to step down after signing a joint venture agreement between Thyssenkrupp and Indian manufacturing giant Tata Steel.
On Thursday, Boeing Co and Brazilian Embraer SA made a statement that American planemaker will buy controlling stake in Embraer's commercial aircraft arm.
On Thursday, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov claimed that Russia is trying to do everything possible to maintain 2015 Iran nuclear deal after the withdrawal of the US from the agreement.
On Thursday, the Business Minister of the UK Greg Clark expressed his confidence that Minister's cabinet would agree a common opinion on future customs agreement between the UK and the EU.
On Thursday, a spokeswoman for the Prime Minister of the UK Theresa May said that new Brexit customs proposals would not prevent the UK from signing a trade agreement with the US.
On Wednesday, British carmaker Jaguar said that a trade deal between the UK and the EU is necessary for a company to continue its operations in the UK, otherwise British manufacturer could not stay in the UK.
On Thursday, Ford Motor Co claimed that it has no plans to hike suggested retail price of imported Lincoln and Ford models in China despite the new additional tariffs on US vehicles.
On Thursday, Micron Technology stated that China's temporary ban on the patent infringement lawsuit filed against the US chipmaker would hit its Q4 revenue only by 1%.
Hudson Bay's agreed to sell around 50% of its EU business to the Austrian group Signa Holding in the deal that tie up two German department store chains together, the media reported on Wednesday.
Fosun International stated it would acquire 69.18% match-making assets from Baihe Jiayuan Network Group's Chairman Guo Guangchang in a cash deal valued at $603.4M.
Portugal's telecoms company Altice and China's electronics giant Huawei are working closely to help Portugal become the European leader in the 5G networks' development.
On Thursday, the British miner Petra Diamonds announced it had sold a stake in the joint venture of Kimberley Ekapa Mining for around $22M.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on Thursday to North Korea to have another round of negotiations with Kim Jong-un and discuss liquidation of its nuclear plants and arsenal.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) stated on Thursday that chain of trade barriers initiated by the United States has already shown negative effects on global economic growth.
As Donald Trump prepared to visit the United Kingdom next week, various political analysts noticed that Britain is set to be more dependent on its alliance with the USA.
European stock markets continued to gain on Thursday in contrast to the session of decline experienced during the Asian session.
Crude oil prices dropped by 11 cents on Thursday, reaching $74.03 a barrel, as the US President Donald Trump urged OPEC members to cut their prices.
The Information, Communication and Technology Minister of Kenya Joe Mucheru stated on Thursday the government will use special balloons developed by Alphabet X to provide Internet in hard-to-reach rural places.
The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore stated on Thursday that sale of Uber's Southeast Asian business to Grab resulted in lower competition on the Singapore market and proposed to fine both companies.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Xu Ziyang was nominated as the new Chief Executive Officer of Chinese networking gear and smartphone maker ZTE Corp.
On Thursday, Japan's industrial gas firm Taiyo Nippon Sanso announced it had agreed to acquire a part of the EU assets of Praxair in a possible deal worth $5.9B.
Embraer's CEO Paulo Souza e Silva stated that the company's talks with Boeing over a merger of operations are in its final stage, Valor Economico reported late on Wednesday.