Statistics Canada reported retail sales in the country plummeted 0.6% to $47.8B over the month of February, with lower motor vehicle sales being the main drag behind the decline.
On Wednesday, the Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi called all sides to relax tensions over the Korean peninsula and to find a peaceful solution on the issue.
The US bank JPMorgan & Chase is seeking to open new back office operations centre in Warsaw that could employ about several thousands of people.
On Wednesday, the Russian Defence Ministry stated that a MiG-31 jet fighter crashed down in the Eastern Siberia, but both pilots were able to safety eject from the aircraft.
PepsiCo reported strong quarterly results showing its revenue surged 1.6% to $12B from $11.9B the previous year amid growing demand for its healthier snacks and drinks.
Twitter posted its quarterly report with a 6% rise in the average number of the monthly active users that increased to 328M from the previous year.
On Wednesday, the former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy stated he was eager to vote for the centrist presidential nominee Emmanuel Macron.
Germany's Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries is eager to attend the New Silk Road summit in the Chinese capital next month over the plan aimed to knit Europe, Asia and Africa.
The US Human Rights Watch researcher Omar Shakir was granted an Israeli work permit after the initial denial as the United States had criticised the Israel's rejection and allegations over the group promoting a "Palestinian propaganda".
Emmmanuel Macron, one of the front-runners in the French Presidential Election has experienced several cyber-attacks since the beginning of the year, his campaign team confirmed on Wednesday.
An investigation by the French intelligence led to a conclusion that the sarin gas attack was executed following the orders of Bashar al-Assad by parties loyal to him.
On Wednesday, South Korea's Court ruled that Uber Technologies had violated transport law by illegal use of the private cars for commercial purposes.
Turkish government had maintained one of the major operations these months against the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and detained 800 people over suspected links to the network blamed for an abortive July coup.
According to Daimler's statement in its Q1 report, the US probes on diesel emissions may result in severe penalties and massive vehicle recalls.
On Wednesday, NASA launched a stadium-seized balloon in New Zealand designed to collect the near-Earth space data, starting a 100-day journey after several failed attempts amid cyclones and storms.
The US largest chicken company Tyson Foods intends to raise wages for its poultry plants' workers amid escalating battle for employees as the labour market tightens.
The South Korean Hyundai Motor reported its quarterly net profit of $1.18B, down 21% from the previous year amid strong sales decline in China following the current political tensions between the countries.
On Wednesday, China presented its first aircraft carrier that was designed in the Chinese Dalian Northeast port and would enter service in 2020.
After a man killed his daughter in a Facebook video in Phuket, the Thai police claimed that they would debate on how to quicken the takedown of such videos.
Due to the risks of being delisted because of last year's earnings releases, Toshiba is planning to change its auditor from PwC to another company, sources claimed on Tuesday.
Following claims that it was better the northeast coast was struck by the 2011 tsunami than Tokyo, the Japanese reconstruction minister who was overseeing the devastated zone stepped down from his post.
A US citizen was convicted for engaging in espionage by the Chinese court, and will be serving three years in prison before deportation back to the US.
Donald Trump is set to request a review of US national monuments with a goal toward resizing or rescinding some of them to reopen mining, drilling areas.
Beijing is likely to persuade coal companies to restructure and merger in order to raise efficiency and return coal prices to an appropriate range, said the state planner.