The governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike has announced plans to propose a law that will ban smoking publicly before the 2020 Summer Olympics. A similar law was not passed by national politician in spring.
The former head of the People's Insurance Co of China will be prosecuted, as an investigation discovered his engagement in various corrupt practices.
Volvo Car Group announced on Wednesday that all models, beginning with 2019, will be electric or hybrids. However, previously launched models are set to remain in production.
The Haitian defence minister has announced that a new and reformed small sized army will be created in the country. The size of it is expected to be less than 500 personnel.
Markit reported its PMI for Japan services sector fell to 51.5 in June with due to slump in new orders, signalling that pressure on businesses renewed and the economic outlook softened.
Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, urged the G20 member states to work together quickly on climate protection strategy such as the Paris Climate Agreement.
Japan's services sector activity increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 53.3 in June, the highest level since August 2016, amid expansion in new business and hiring.
Samsung is expected to report its highest-ever quarterly profit in the Q2, as a sharp rise in sales of memory chips pushed it past Intel for the first time.
Qatar privately told its Gulf rivals it would not accept controls on its diplomatic ties, funding or media unless other countries in the region agreed to the same treatment.
The Bank of England ordered British banks and other lenders on Tuesday to prove by September that they were not taking on too much risk with their increased lending to consumers.
Spain's maritime rescue service reported it had rescued three migrants from a deflated rubber boat that was believed to have set sail from Morocco with 52 aboard.
Russia's military police may be deployed in buffer security zones in Syria, Russia's chief negotiator at the Astana talkes and Russian president's envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentyev reported on Tuesday.
One Saudi soldier was murdered and three more were wounded when suspected militants attacked their convoy in eastern Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry reported on Tuesday.
The US government wants to intervene in Apple's appeal against an EU order to pay back around 13B euros in taxes to Ireland.
Half-year exchequer returns showed the Irish tax revenue for the year was still running marginally behind target, while the shortfall had narrowed significantly.
Venezuela's chief prosecutor fought back on Tuesday at what she branded a trumped-up bid by authorities to put her on trial for defying the government over its handling of a deadly political crisis.
Ukrainian police have seized the computer servers of Ukrainian accounting software firm M.E.Doc as part of an investigation into last week's cyber-attack, police reported on Tuesday.
The French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe is to unveil on Tuesday his government's first steps towards the "transformation" of the country promised by the President Emmanuel Macron.
The Egyptian parliament approved on Tuesday a three-month extension of a state of emergency due to the security challenges facing the country, the speaker of the House of Representatives reported.
Austria has deployed armoured vehicles close to its border with Italy, planning to send up to 750 soldiers to guard the frontier against migrants, the government said on Tuesday.
No less than 14 gold miners were missing after the western Gnana's gold mine collapsed on Tuesday.
The Conservative Party's lawmaker Craig MacKinlay would face a trial over allegations of illegal election spending during the party's 2015 campaign to win the seat.
According to the senior security official, Germany must brace for more attacks by potential ISIS militants amid growing number of radicalised Muslims.
The PM Theresa May's spokesman stated on Tuesday that Britain is about to start the process of transferring the EU law into the UK law that would be introduced to the Parliament next week.