According to the government data released on Wednesday, new home sales in the United States increased 0.8% in June, falling short of analysts' expectations.
Data released by the Office for National Statistics revealed that British services output jumped 0.4% in three months to May compared with the previous three-month period.
The number of new mortgages approved for home purchase by British Bankers' Association-represented banks fell slightly to 40.2K over the month of June.
According to the data released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, the preliminary estimate for the UK's GDP came in at 0.3% in the second quarter of 2017.
26 Afghani soldiers were reported to be dead, while 13 others were wounded as Taliban fighters attacked the army base in the Kandahar province on Wednesday.
Britain is willing to ban all new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040 two weeks after France's same decision amid fears that rising levels of nitrogen oxide pose a major risk to public health.
The US President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday that he would not let transgender people to serve in the military of the United States in any capacity.
On Wednesday, the French Foreign Ministry stated that new US sanctions on Russia, North Korea and Iran seemed to violate international law amid their extra-territorial reach.
The European Union top court said that the Canada-EU deal on airline passenger data sharing must be revised amid its violation of data protection and privacy laws.
Russia's Minister of Economy Maxim Oreshkin stated on Wednesday that the draft US sanctions against Moscow would hit the powers of Donald Trump and the EU energy security more than Russian economy.
The United States is planning to spend extra $140M to help Syria's refugees in Lebanon, according to the country's State Department.
Sweden's opposition urged for ouster of the infrastructure, defence and interior ministers, following a political scandal over the transport data contract, alleging the government had violated the state laws.
Facebook stock continues to surge, as ahead of the company earnings announcement stock option prices are with the lowest premium in a year to hedge a fall of the stock price.
The European Central Bank has announced that it will require euro zone pension funds to report more detailed data about their operations.
The UK Environmental Secretary Michael Gove stated on Wednesday that Britain was not eager to accept chlorinated chicken imports in pursuit of signing a trade deal with the US after Brexit.
On Wednesday, the Indian police arrested an owner of the several apartments in the Mumbai four-storey building over a suspected unauthorised renovation that could cause the house collapse.
On Wednesday, the North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Hui Choi visited Manila for meeting with his counterpart right ahead of the regional security meeting.
The largest lender of Italy UniCredit revealed on Wednesday it had suffered cyber attacks on the company's client data, with about 400K of the customer personal and bank details affected.
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated that the draft US legislation over new sanctions to be imposed on Russia left no room to improve relations between the two countries in the nearest future.
Chris Handman, the General Counsel of Snap Inc., stepped down from his post after serving to the company since 2014 amid his intention to spend more time with the family.
The number of casualties from a four-storey building collapse in the Indian financial capital of Mumbai rose to 17 on Wednesday after rescuers had searched the debris.
On Tuesday, the US Representatives voted overwhelmingly for a proposed bill to impose new sanctions on Russia, forcing the President Donald Trump to secure lawmakers' permission before easing sanctions on Moscow.
Chinese securities regulators on Wednesday announced that the reforms to expand access to the country's capital markets are set to increase their pace.
Vietnamese Tran Thi Nga, who is a blogger, has been found guilty of spreading propaganda. The blogger has received a nine year sentence for posting government criticism online.