Time Warner exceeded analysts' expectations by reporting an 8.2% rise in quarterly earnings to $3.37B due to the success of its "Kong" and "The LEGO Batman" movies.
US private companies created 177K new positions in April after adding 255K jobs in the prior month, roughly in line with forecasts.
On Wednesday, China's President Xi Jinping contacted the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to discuss the Korean peninsula situation by phone call.
According to the preliminary data released by Eurostat, the Euro zone economy expanded 0.5% in the March quarter, meeting analysts' expectations.
On Wednesday, Swiss government made a decision to extend the custody of the former Gambia interior minister Ousman Sonko for the next three months while the probe in an anti-humanity case lasts.
The French Presidential nominee Marine Le Pen seeks to change the country's electoral law in case she wins the election this Sunday.
On Wednesday, David Davis, the UK Brexit Minister, dismissed the rumours of the alleged Brexit bill figures that the UK might have to pay to the EU. Up to this point any social media reports of 100 billion Euro bill remain unconfirmed.
According to the Brexit Minister David Davis, UK wants to reach a beneficial for its citizens deal, which would not take away many rights and opportunities from what they have now.
China called all sides to exercise restraint regarding the Korean peninsula after the US deployed its bomber jets over the half-island during the combined exercise with the South Korean air power.
On Wednesday, the Brexit minister David Davis controverted the Financial Times' statement that EU intended to demand $109B from the UK for leaving the bloc, saying Britain would not pay the Brexit bill.
On Wednesday, the Islamic State assumed responsibility for a suicide attack on the NATO armored convoy that left eight people dead and 28 wounded.
The Labour Cost Index in New Zealand remained unchanged at 0.4% in the Q1, while analysts anticipated a slight rise to 0.5%.
The jobless rate in New Zealand fell to 4.9% in March, missing expectations for a slight decline to 5.1% from February's 5.2%.
The German carmaker Volkswagen is negotiating with Gazprom and Exxon Mobil over the gas-powered vehicles promotion as VW seeks to shift focus on fuel-saving technologies and electric cars, intending to lower its CO2 emissions.
The death toll in the Afghan capital of Kabul rose to eight civilians and at least 28 people are reported to be injured in a suicide attack on the NATO convey.
The French automaker Peugeot has joined hands with the Boston tech company nuTonomy for self-driving car tests in Singapore as nuTonomy's software and electric parts will be fitted in Peugeot 3008 models.
According to officials in Afghanistan, early on Wednesday the suicide bomb attack in Kabul killed at least four people and wounded more than 20 others. The attack was aimed at the NATO convoy.
On Tuesday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission gave green light on trading quadruple-leveraged ETFs, making it the first such product in the US.
Protests hit the streets of Venezuela's capital, Caracas, on Tuesday, as an outcry over President Nicolas Maduro's decision to create a special assembly with the power to rewrite the constitution, a move believed to help him remain in power by avoiding elections.
Russia succeeded in creating discord in US politics by interfering in the presidential election in 2016, which is likely to inspire similar efforts, two former US lawmakers said.
Democrats in the US House of Representatives made efforts to detain the bill, which is set to repeal main sectors of the Dodd-Frank financial regulation.
Apple reported that iPhone sales fell unexpectedly to 50.76M in its fiscal Q2 ended April 1 compared to 51.19M registered in the same period a year ago.
New Zealand's employment rate rose 1.2% in the Q1 of 2017, following 0.8% increase in the preceding quarter, while analysts expected a 0.8% gain.
Short sellers of Tesla's stocks have already lost about $3.7B this year, according to S3 Partners, a financial analytics firm.