Public sector workers in France went on strike against the President Emmanuel Macron intention to tighten conditions and cull jobs, disrupting school activities and flights.
The other 27 member states of the EU do not work on a no-deal scenario in their Brexit talks with Britain, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk said.
Nokia plans to abandon its development of the virtual reality camera "OZO" and lay off nearly 310 employees.
The IMF raised its global growth projection to 3.6% in 2017 and 3.7% in 2018 amid broad-based recovery in Europe, China, Japan and the US.
The credit reporting agency Equifax said that 15.2M client records in the UK were compromised in a cyber attack it disclosed last month, including sensitive information affecting almost 700K consumers.
Google France is seen to increase its personnel from 700 to 1K in 2018, as well as to double its office space in the country, as the company seeks to seize an opportunity of e-commerce development.
The UK could join a trade alliance with the US, Canada and Mexico if the EU refuses to seal a post-Brexit trade deal.
Data released by Statistics Canada revealed the country's building permits dropped 5.5% for the month of August, missing estimates for a 0.9% decline.
According to the data released by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the trend in the country's housing starts was 214.8K units in September, down from 220.6K in August.
British industrial production was released in line with expectations, dipping slightly from the previous month's upwardly revised gain of 0.3%, the ONS revealed on Tuesday.
The Office for National Statistics reported on Tuesday that construction output in the United Kingdom advanced 0.6% in August, beating expectations.
Data released by the ONS on Tuesday revealed that the UK's goods trade deficit widened to 14.2B over the month of August from 12.8B deficit registered in the preceding month.
According to the data released by the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday, the UK's manufacturing production was up 0.4% in August, topping analysts' estimates for a 0.2% rise.
Pope Francis is set to meet Myanmar's military generals, senior Buddhist monks and the civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during his visit to that country and Bangladesh in November over Rohingya crisis.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan blamed the US ambassador to Turkey for the diplomatic crisis between the countries, adding that Ankara would no longer consider him as Washington envoy.
The US President Donald Trump stated that he was eager to set an "economic-development" measure to punish those companies, which globally outsource jobs.
On Tuesday, Wal-Mart Stores launched a $20B share buyback plan, forecasting the US online sales to rise by around 40% in the next fiscal year.
On Tuesday, Uber stated that giving worker rights to its British drivers would cost the company tens of millions of pounds, as it currently classified its 50K drivers in the UK as self-employed.
Catalonia is nearing possible independence proclamation on Tuesday, as its leader Carles Puigdemont has prepared to address the session, despite Madrid warned of taking counter-measures.
Germany's carmaker Volkswagen is planning to launch online sales and shrink its EU dealer network, hoping to boost its efficiency and profitability by an average 10%.
On Tuesday, Japan launched its fourth satellite for a high-precision GPS, expecting to encourage new businesses and boost the country's economic growth.
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yildirim asked the United States to act reasonably and resolve the visa dispute as soon as possible.
Non less than two people were reported to be dead after an unknown gunman opened fire near the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM), Kenya.
On Tuesday, Kazakhstan's Prime Minister fired his two top energy officials after the biggest oil exporter of the Central Asia reported fuel shortages on its domestic market.