The Kremlin expressed "cautious optimism" over the US-Russia relationship improvement after the President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meeting, saying there would be a lot of work ahead.
Shares of the French aerospace group Safran were about 1% down on Thursday after Boeing announced it would halt 737 MAX aircraft's test flights amid an engine issue made by the group.
On Tuesday, the Court of China stated that the former statistics chief Wang Baoan pleaded guilty to taking $22M in bribes, increasing the number of officials brought down in the President Xi Jinping's corruption war.
Siemens plans to cut down 1.7K job positions in Germany, which is about 1.5% of the personnel in the company's home country, and move 1K positions amid an efficiency drive.
Official data on Thursday showed that the European Commission raised the Euro zone's growth forecast for this year, expecting unemployment to drop, while leaving the 2018 projection unchanged.
A set of disappointing UK fundamental data was released today, with the Industrial and Manufacturing Production growths edging down to -0.5% and -0.6%, respectively, while the Trade Deficit widened more than anticipated, as Brexit consequences continued to weigh on the British economy.
On Wednesday, Boeing suspended its 737 MAX aircraft test flights amid an engine issue made by General Electric and France's Safran SA, saying a potential problem may cause heavy expenses.
The European Union can require the ride-hailing application Uber to obtain a license and authorisation permit under the national law as the company provides transportation services.
A Syrian national and asylum seeker received a life imprisonment sentence after killing 20 injured soldiers of the President Bashar al-Assad's army.
On Thursday, BT announced that it intended to cut down 4K job positions in the multinational Global Services unit following the Italian accounting scandal, which took place in January.
According to the Wall Street Journal, American International Group is eager to appoint the current chief of Hamilton Insurance Group Brian Duperreault as a new AIG CEO as early as this week.
The South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and the Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed North Korea on Thursday and agreed on cooperation to reduce tensions over the provocative country's missile programme.
Samsung Electronics appointed a new mobile marketing chief amid company's executive reshuffle following the Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee arrest for alleged bribery.
Uber Tech has launched its services in Myanmar, only hiring taxi drivers who have State accreditation as the company tends to elude any legal hurdles.
One of India's top software services firms, HCL Technologies Ltd., reported a strong increase in profit in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended on March 31. The report showed a 28% rise, due to an increase in clientèle.
On Thursday, the shares of AAC Technologies, a China-based company and Apple's supplier, tumbled 13.5%, amid a research company issuing a report, which rose concerns of the company's profit margins. The shares recovered later on showing a 7.2% drop, but were still registered as the worst intraday performer at the time.
Late on Wednesday, Mexico attempted to persuade the US President Donald Trump to refrain ending the NAFTA agreement, argumenting that it would lead to a decline in US export and ultimately have a negative impact on both countries.
The Attorney's General office in New York said that three Plattsburgh cab companies are likely to pay penalties for gouging prices for illegal migrants fleeing from the US to Canada.
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit the Xinjiang region in China's northwest on Thursday, killing at least eight people and leaving 11 injured.
According to the RICS survey, the UK housing price balance posted an unchanged reading of 22% in April, while analysts anticipated a slight decline to 20%.
The Japan's Ministry of Finance reported that country's current account surplus remained at $25.45B over the month of March, supported by strong income from foreign investments.
Nvidia announced that Toyota would use Nvidia's Drive PX supercomputers for autonomous vehicles that were planned for the next few years.
The President of Tunisia ordered the deployment of the army to protect industrial sites suffering disruption from general strikes and protests over poverty.
The federal government ran the second highest monthly surplus on record this April as tax revenues were pushed higher by a change in the deadline for corporate tax payments.