The Bank of New York Mellon froze $22B in Kazakhstan's assets amid a lawsuit filed by a Moldovan businessman Anatolie Stati against the country's government.
The Philippines decided to boost its cybersecurity measures ahead of the planned entry of China Telecom and other related firms' entry into the country's telecom industry.
The British Senior Minister Damian Green was forced to step down by the Prime Minister Theresa May, following an inquiry over the pornography scandal he had been involved in.
The UN mediator Staffan de Mistura is set to attend the Syria peace talks in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana on Friday, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.
The EU Commission started an investigation into whether China's electronic bicycles exporters benefited from the excessive state subsidies, raising trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels.
At least 12 people were injured on Thursday after a car rammed into the crowd of pedestrians in Australia's city of Melbourne. A car driver was arrested by the police later.
The Japanese carmakers Nissan and Honda are building up solid-state batteries designed for electric vehicles; however, cooperation between the two companies is still unclear.
Singapore's industrial production marked the weakest yearly growth pace of 9.0% in six months in November, compared with 14.6% in the prior month, signalling a tempering in economic expansion in the Q4.
Walt Disney joined 21st Century Fox in requesting the judge hearing the antitrust case of AT&T to enhance an order directed at data privacy in case of use in trail next year.
The EU court stated that Uber should be ranked as transport service provider and regulated similarly to other taxi operators, the decision that could impact other online firms in Europe.
China's ride-sharing company Didi stated that it raised $4B in funds for expansion abroad and into spheres such as artificial intelligence, aiming to challenge Uber.
France is expected to announce a plan to increase minimum food prices and reduce bargain sales as a part of the field-to-fork plan focused on increasing income of farmers.
The Bank of Japan announced its decision to keep monetary policy unchanged with a more upbeat assessment of capital expenditure and consumption, as recovery gained momentum.
The US Republican tax bill overhaul passed by Congress is likely to allow Apple to bring back $252.3B, while the company could pay more on profits from its patients held abroad.
The European Union wans a post-Brexit transition period to end by 31st December of 2020, the European Commission's directives revealed.
The Brazilian government said on Wednesday that it had allocated additional $1.5B for public spending in order to continue the country's recovery from a recession.
Delta Air Lines suffered up to $50M in losses due to an 11-hour power outage at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday, as reported by the company.
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde noted on Wednesday that the British economy was currently showing negative effects of the Brexit vote.
The US House of Representatives passed on Wednesday a $1.5T tax bill which is regarded as a major victory for the Trump administration.
JPMorgan Chase & Co is set to launch JPMorgan Digital Investing, a computerised tool for managing investments, this week in order to widen its client base.
The German Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democrats agreed to begin forming the new government on January 7, 2018, both parties explained on Wednesday.
The ride-sharing company Uber Technologies Inc. has named Barney Harford, the former CEO of Orbitz Worldwide Inc, as its chief operating officer to be appointed on January 2, 2018.
Joseph Otting, the Comptroller of the Currency at Department of the Treasury, said that bitcoin was not a threat to the US banking system due to banks avoiding positions in it.
The President of Poland reported he had decided to sign two laws that would put courts under more political control even though they were part of a review that the European Union was conducting.