Polls showed that backing for the Emmanuel Macron's party is rising before legislative election in France next month, allowing him to win parliamentary support for his reforms.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, unemployment rate in Australia unexpectedly fell to 5.7% in April, while analysts expected an unchanged reading of 5.9%.
Preliminary data showed that the Japanese economy grew at an annualized pace of 2.2% in the Q1 of 2017, following an upwardly revised 1.4% in the preceding quarter.
Google brings commerce features to its voice-based digital assistant, a move that may help the company develop new ways of making money and compete with rival products from Apple Inc.
In the 100 days since Donald Trump signed an executive order to enhance immigration enforcement, the arrests of undocumented immigrants rose by 40%.
The Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has confirmed he is going to step down as the leader of Fine Gael from midnight tonight.
The Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has accepted a proposal for a new finance minister, paving the way for a resolution to the country's latest political crisis.
The number of victims in Afghan TV station attack has increased to 10, including the attackers, while 18 more were injured.
In a major decision to fast-track India's domestic nuclear power programme, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved construction of 10 units of atomic reactors.
Rebels from an outlawed political-religious group attacked Kinshasa's central prison on Wednesday, breaking out their leader and about 50 other prisoners, the Congolese government reported.
Fighting broke out in Central African Republic's northern town of Bria after some days of attacks in the southeastern city of Bangassou left at least 115 people dead, authorities said on Wednesday.
The British government reported on Wednesday it would investigate the use of personal data for political purposes, to ensure that data protection laws had not been broken.
Donald Trump's administration is to uphold its part of the historic nuclear deal with Iran this week and extend sanctions' relief.
Four men have been arrested in east London over an alleged terror plot on UK soil, police have reported today on Wednesday.
Crude oil prices edged higher on Wednesday, with gains capped by concerns that the US production was undermining the OPEC's efforts to rebalance the market.
On Wednesday, a new ferry service to the Russia's city of Vladivostok was launched by North Korea amid the country's intention to build-up connections with Russia following the missile crisis' rising tensions.
Qualcomm chipmaker sued four Apple contract manufacturers including Foxconn for refusing to pay royalties at the iPhone maker's request, dragging Apple's top suppliers into a legal battle.
On Wednesday, the Islamic State assumed responsibility for an attack on the Afghan RTA state broadcaster that left six people dead and 24 wounded.
The Audi board of directors agreed to extend the CEO Rupert Stadler's contract to the end of 2022 amid the VW luxury division's intention to demonstrate continuity before the annual shareholder meeting.
The UK reported on Wednesday that the jobless rate fell to its lowest level in nearly 42 years to 4.6% in March, while analysts anticipated an unchanged reading of 4.7% from the prior month.
On Wednesday, the Kremlin stated that accusations of Moscow to be involved in cyber attacks on the Ukrainian President's official website were baseless as Ukraine failed to provide any details.
The Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov stated on Wednesday he would give a mandate to the Social Democrats' leader Zoran Zaev to form a government coalition after refusing to grant it for about six months.
The China Banking Regulatory Commission stated it tended to step up cyber security protection of banks after the WannaCry ransomware attack hit the world, affecting over 300K computers in 150 countries.
On Wednesday the country of Puerto Rico is set to begin its bankruptcy process, which is most likely going to take years to be resolved, as investors want to recover their bond investments.