The US Department of Labour reported that unemployment claims were up 7K, hitting the 230K mark in the week ended February 10, and topping analysts' expectations.
The European justice commissioner urged Google, Twitter and Facebook to put more efforts in trying to bring the social media platforms' user terms in compliance with the EU law.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn announced he had submitted the resignation as the ruling coalition's chairman and the premier.
The Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli told his US counterpart Jim Mattis on Thursday that Syria's Kurdish YPG must be excluded from the Syrian Democratic Forces.
Airbus CEO Tom Enders stated the planemaker was eager to decide within the year whether to raise the A350 jet output, together with plans to increase the production of its single-aisle aircraft.
British Burberry will pair up with retailer Farfetech to offer its products to online shoppers in 150 countries.
Stocks, bond yields and commodity prices surged on Thursday due to the US Dollar loosing value, as investors realised that the US inflation fears were largely blown out of proportion.
On Thursday, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia had denied the allegations made by Britain over Moscow to be responsible for the last year's "NotPetya" cyber-attack.
Nokia is planning to cut over 400 job positions in Finland on the back of its digital health business' strategic review it has launched seeking for growth opportunities.
The British and Irish governments sought to re-establish the Northern Ireland talks on restoring its power-sharing government, Ireland's Foreign Minister stated on Thursday.
Hong Kong Express is expecting no less than six-month delay in the Airbus A320neo aircraft deliveries amid some engine issues made by Pratt & Whitney.
Nissan Motor's top executive stated that the joint venture plants in Xiangyang and Zhengzhou still had the capacity to produce more cars, and the carmaker was eager to prioritise those factories.
The US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis urged Ankara to stay focused on fighting the Islamic State insurgents in Syria, Pentagon reported on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Jacob Zuma stepped down as the South African President, following the ANC intentions to terminate his scandal-plagued term in power.
SunPower exceeded analysts' expectations by posting a rise in its Q4 revenue of $824M, boosted by healthy demand for the company's solar panels in 2017.
Airbus took a writedown of €1.3B on the company's A400M military plane, raising cumulative charges on the European defence project above €8B.
Africa's coffee output is expected to double over the following five years, since some states increase plantings and raise the productivity of farming.
Cisco Systems announced the first increase in quarterly revenue in two years and expected upbeat profit in the current quarter, as efforts to turn into software-focused firm started to pay off.
The US President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to maintain pressure on North Korea, until it abandons missile and nuclear programs.
The US online retail major stated that it would open 2K permanent contract positions in 2018 in France, its biggest market in the EU after the UK and Germany.
Japanese core machinery orders revealed the fastest decline in three years, falling 11.9% in December, suggesting that the recent rise in capital expenditure may fade.
As analysts expected, the Australian unemployment rate fell to 5.5% in January from 5.6% in the preceding month, according to the ABS.
The ABS reported on Thursday that the number of people employed rose 16K in January, after climbing 33.5K in the prior month, whereas analysts anticipated a gain of 15.3K.
The Romanian economy expanded at the fastest pace compared to other European Union member countries in 2017, official data shows.