The Fed Chair Yellen stated that it would be challenging for the US to achieve the 3% growth target amid lagging productivity and regulatory reforms.
Spanish King Felipe urged Britain to begin Brexit negotiations to reduce uncertainty for international businesses and minimise possible trade barriers.
According to Mexican state authorities, 11 people were found dead in Tizayuca, central Mexico, while death circumstances were unclear.
During the New York session, shares of Microsoft, Apple and Alphabet inched higher, boosting the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 indexes.
The former US President Jimmy Carter became dehydrated on Thursday morning and was taken to St. Boniface Hospital, according to Habitat for Humanity.
Janet Yellen said that the Fed did have the power to remove directors of banks, but she did not give a specific commitment to do so when pressed on the issue by Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
US Senate Majority Leader is to present a revised health-care bill in a bid to unite disparate Republican factions and deliver on his party's signature issue in the 2016 elections.
The Bank of France advised on Thursday the Finance Ministry to keep the rate on popular tax-free savings accounts unchanged at 0.75%.
China's most famous political prisoner, the Nobel laureate and democracy icon Liu Xiaobo, has died at the age of 61.
Global automotive manufacturers decided to appeal to the Chinese government to delay and soften proposals for electric and hybrid car quotas.
CBS News announced on Thursday it formed a newsgathering and editorial partnership with the BBC news agency, following organisations' intention to share editorial content, videos and other resources across the world.
On Thursday, Daimler reported it had clinched a deal with workers on electric vehicle batteries and components production at its Mercedes-Benz factory in Germany.
Yandex and Uber came to an agreement to combine their ride-hailing businesses in Russia with Yandex taking the leadership in a deal that expanded to five neighbouring markets.
On Thursday, Britain has published its repeal bill that is leading the country towards the exit from the EU in 2019 and ensures the same rules to apply in the UK after the Brexit process would be over.
On Thursday, the UK Prime Minister Theresa May refused to answer the question on how long she would run her office after losing the Parliamentary majority in the June 8 election.
The telecoms group Altice is aimed to launch its online bank across the Eurozone by spring 2019 amid a high demand for online services by the mobile operators' customers.
No less than 12 people died, while more than 40 were wounded in an explosion of a suicide bomb in Cameroon close to the Nigerian border.
The South African Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday that the country faced difficult budgetary decisions due to weak economic growth that have resulted in a recession.
On Thursday, the Moscow military district court handed Zaur Dadayev, a former Chechen soldier convicted of murdering the Kremlin oppositionist Boris Nemtsov, a 20-year sentence.
The leader of the EU rescue fund stated on Thursday that the Eurozone needed a joint budget to support its members in case of crisis.
According to political experts, a graft conviction of the ex-Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened a field for launching the 2018 Presidential race.
Sweden government made a decision to intensify the crackdown on illegal immigrants after an asylum-seeker claimed lives of five people in the country's capital.
The Mercedes manufacturer Daimler's shares plunged 2.5% on Thursday amid a report alleging the automaker had sold over 1M of vehicles with excess emissions in the US and Europe.
On Thursday, the US President Donald Trump arrived in Paris for a two-day visit with intention to take part in the Bastille Day celebrations.