According to China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the current North Korea situation showed the importance of the Iran nuclear deal and China would support and safeguard this accord.
Swisscom is setting up a new blockchain unit with intention to develop applications, planning to hold a 70% stake in Swisscom Blockchain, the company reported on Thursday.
The United States stated on Wednesday it was considering if the Iran nuclear deal still served their security interests and whether the US should stay in the accord.
According to China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi statement at the NY meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence, the International Community is willing to settle the North Korea issue peacefully.
On Thursday, South Korea approved its plan to pledge $8M worth humanitarian aid to North Korea as part of the policy of aid that remained unaffected by strained tensions between the two countries.
The New Zealand police reported on Thursday that a man had set himself on fire outside the Parliament in Wellington just two days before national elections.
Spanish police arrested Catalan government officials on Wednesday during a raid aimed to halt the unauthorised independence referendum.
On Wednesday, Equifax announced that its online dispute website had been initially compromised on March 10 that was four months before the firm noticed any suspicious activity.
Dominican Republic shut down the majority of its ports, suspending their operations under "red alert", ahead of the Hurricane Maria, the government announced on Wednesday.
China's carmaker BYD stated on Thursday it would expect all cars in the Asian country to be electrified by 2030 as the company planned to launch the sky rail construction next year.
Alphabet Inc's Google is expected to announce a deal of acquiring part of HTC Corp's smartphone operations for nearly $1B, sources familiar with the matter said.
The German economy was seen weaker by the beginning of the Q3, compared with the first half of 2017, but indicators showed the strong growth is set to continue in the current quarter.
Statistics New Zealand said that the country's GDP jumped 0.8% in the Q2, while its yearly growth remained steady, as NZ faced some economic headwinds.
Package delivery firm FedEx stated that it is likely to incur nearly $350M in integration costs during the company's acquisition with TNT in 2018, some $75M higher than expected.
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani said that the strategy of the US President Donald Trump to win the Afghan war would succeed due to stronger army and more regional approach.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced on Wednesday that the American state was to file a lawsuit over Trump's plan to build a border wall with Mexico.
The worst-case scenario for Canada, the US and Mexico would be the liquidation of the NAFTA deal, the Chief Executive of Cargill David MacLennan noted on Wednesday.
Airbus opened its China's completion plant for its A330 aircrafts, hoping that higher presence in the aviation market would boost demand for the company's jets.
Auto suppliers BlackBerry and Delphi Automotive are set to partner on developing a software system for self-driving vehicles, the companies announced.
Germany's government officials and experts said that there were no signs of suspicious news leaks or hacking before the German federal election scheduled on September 24.
The Bank of England is widely expected to hike interest rates for the first time in ten years at the next meeting in November, while economists sees such a move as a mistake.
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe promised to implement "daring" policies targeting the budget, regulation and taxes to promote investments in the country.
General Mills revealed that the company's quarterly profit rose less than expected being affected by weaker sales of cereals and yogurts in North America.
The National Association of Realtors revealed that home resales in the US decreased 1.7% to the weakest level in a year over the course of August, as hurricanes depressed activity.