The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation reported on Thursday that the world prices of food plunged 1.8% to 168 points over the month of April.
The UBS Group AG might increase the payouts the company is making to its shareholders, if the legal and regulatory costs of the company decrease in the future.
The husband of Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, is stepping down from carrying on with his royal duties later this year. The decision comes as no surprise, as the prince is 95 years old.
Markit reported on Thursday that UK services activity rose to 55.8 in April, while analysts anticipated a slight drop to 54.6.
The German automaker Volkswagen resumed its diesel vehicles sales in the US last month after the emissions scandal that led to company's sales bar of 11K new 2015 diesel cars.
On Thursday, Amazon started to deliver fresh groceries to their Prime members in Berlin and Potsdam who would be able to choose from 85K of products, including coffee, bread and chocolate from 25 domestic stores.
Shell exceeded analysts' expectations by posting its revenue of $71.8B for the first quarter, beating the estimates of $70.62B.
On Wednesday, Facebook-owned messenger WhatsApp was hit by a massive outage during the next few hours that led to inability for users to access the application.
According to the Spanish Employment Ministry, the number of unemployed Spaniards fell 129.3K in April, exceeding analysts' expectations for a 78.2K drop.
On Wednesday, Google users became victims of the spam campaign's malicious link to Google Docs that obtained all the private information without using the users' passwords.
The European Union intends to persuade the US President Donald Trump to stick to the Paris climate agreement after Trump's advisers warned of legal issues in case the White House stayed in.
The President of the Asian Development Bank, Takehiko Nakao, is urging regional economies to not stray away from maintaining free trade for the purpose of continued growth.
The next leader of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, on Thursday announced that she will heal the social and political divides and return the city to its "normal course."
The President of the United States gave a vow on Wednesday, that he will do what is necessary to achieve peace between Israel and Palestine.
The efforts of Donald Trump to repel Obamacare gave results on Wednesday, as the leaders of the Republican Party have submitted revised legislation for a vote to the House of Representative. The voting will take place on Thursday.
According to the Caixin survey, the Chinese services PMI declined for the fourth consecutive month in April, falling to 51.5 points from 52.5 registered in March.
Apple plans to invest $1B in US companies that execute advanced manufacturing, CEO Tim Cook said, showing the company's latest effort to boost US job creation.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported trade balance in the country fell to A$3.107B in March from the upwardly revised figure of A$3.657B registered in February.
Wang Yang, the Chinese Vice Premier, spoke over the phone with US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, concerning China-US economic ties.
Head of Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office said that police registered nearly 83,000 cases of cybercrime in 2016, with the total damage estimated to be more than $56 million.
Nokia is to sell its underwater cables division, which is valued at about $870M. Nokia acquired the division last year when it purchased French rival Alcatel for $17B.
Wall Street kept losses on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's policy-making group decided to leave the federal funds rate unchanged.
Amid a spate of live broadcasts of grisly incidents, Facebook plans to hire 3,000 additional employees over the next year to monitor content and remove violent videos.
The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reported on Wednesday that the United States would impose new sanctions against North Korea if the situation requires.