The Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce announced on Friday that he would resign from his post on the back of pressure from the party members over his affair with a staffer.
On Friday, the Trump Administration is set to impose yet the largest package of sanctions against North Korea to put additional pressure on Pyongyang.
The UN Security Council will gather later today to vote on a resolution demanding a month-long truce in Syria to secure medical evacuations and aid deliveries.
Data released by the Chinese General Administration of Customs revealed that the country's January trade with its biggest partner North Korea dropped to the lowest level since mid-2014.
General Motors is likely to propose a wage freeze, no bonuses and some worker benefits' suspension in 2018, aiming to cut costs at the company's money-losing unit in South Korea.
Brazilian Defence Minister stated that Lockheed Martin, Boeing, SpaceX and other aerospace firms from the US were interested in launching their rockets from Alcantara military base.
Japan's Statistics Bureau reported that its National Core CPI came in at 0.9% in February, compared to the preceding month's rise of 0.9%, whereas analysts anticipated an increase of 0.8%.
Statistics New Zealand reported that retail sales rose 1.8% in the last quarter of 2017, after climbing 0.3% in the prior quarter and surpassing analysts' expectations for a 1.4% increase.
The White House Council of Economic Advisers Head Kevin Hassett softened concerns over the recent stock market volatility, saying that it was not unsual.
On Thursday, the Head of the Election Assistance Commission, who helped to protect the US 2016 General Election from hacking, was removed by the House of Representatives and the White House.
Official data released on Thursday showed that the Snap CEO Evan Spiegel earned nearly $638M last year, following the company's IPO and becoming the third-highest paid executive in the US.
Two members of the Switzerland-based Tezos Foundation, including its founder and president Johann Gevers, stepped down on Thursday.
On Thursday, Televisa, Mexico's multimedia mass media company, reported that it would partner with Amazon to distribute its original content through its streaming platform.
BMW has agreed to pay more than $2.2M to settle charges that it refused to refund lease payments to 492 military service members who terminated their vehicle leases because they were called to duty.
US major stock markets rebounded strongly on Thursday as the prospects of more rate hikes this year faded.
Germany's top administrative court has delayed until next week a ruling on whether to allow a ban on diesel cars in major cities to lower air pollution.
On Thursday, the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received from the Indian government a list of nine people in Canada connected to the Sikh separatist movement in Punjab.
The EIA reported on Thursday that crude oil inventories dropped 1.6M barrels in the week ended February 16, after rising 1.8M barrels in the prior week, while analysts expected a 2.2M-barrel gain.
The EIA reported that natural gas inventories showed a draw of 124B cubic feet in the week ended February 16, following the preceding week's decrease of 194B cubic feet.
The Conference Board reported on Thursday that its Leading Index for the US economy rose 1.0% in January, after climbing 0.6% in the prior month, whereas analysts anticipated an increase of 0.7%.
The Bank of Russia was set to pledge extra capital to Oktritie Bank in additional to already provided $8B last year, Otkritie's CEO stated on Thursday.
Ford Motor's President in North America Raj Nair has departed abruptly from the company, following an internal inquiry that found his behaviour was incompatible with the company's standards of conduct.
Latvian bank ABLV sought €480M loan from the central bank, seeking to reopen its doors after it was forced to cease all payments amid accusations of money laundering.
The US Department of Labour reported that unemployment claims were down 8K, reaching the 222K mark in the week ended February 17, missing analysts' expectations.