According to Forbes, Amazon.com Inc's CEO Bezos has become the richest person in the world, overpassing Bill Gates, reaching a fortune of $90.6B amid latest stock rise.
The US Top General stated that the Pentagon's policy on transgender personnel has not been changed, even after President Trump announced his desire to ban them.
Access Now, the digital rights group, has begun circulating the petition that urged Blackstone Group to give up possible investments in Israel's NSO Group, since the deal might be imminent.
The California Air Resources Board and the US Environmental Protection Agency had approved a fix for 326,000 Volkswagen AG diesel cars, which included software and hardware upgrades.
The EU states supported Germany's proposal to blacklist Russian companies and several more nationals who have delivered Siemens gas turbines to Crimea.
Germany's Transport Minister stated that Porsche Cayenne vehicles that were equipped with 3 litre diesel engines should be withdrawn due to integrated illegal emission managing software.
In the week ended July 21, the domestic natural gas supplies increased by 17B cubic feet, data released by the US Energy Information Administration revealed on Thursday.
The US goods trade deficit shrank to 63.9B over the month of June following the downwardly-revised figure of 66.3B posted May, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Thursday.
On Thursday, the US Department of Labour reported that the number of Americans filing for unemployment insurance rose 10K to 244K in the week ended July 22.
According to the US Census Bureau, June durable goods orders advanced 6.5% following the upwardly-revised 0.8% drop registered in the previous month.
The ECB reported on Thursday that the annual rate of adjusted new private sector loans was at 2.6% for the month of June, unchanged from the prior reading.
Data released by the Spanish National Statistics Institute on Thursday revealed that the number of employed people surged by 375K in the Q2 of 2017.
The British Finance Ministry announced on Thursday that the UK Chief Economic Adviser Dave Ramsden became a new Deputy Governor for banking and markets of the BoE.
About 2K of people are dead amid one of the deadliest cholera outbreaks in Yemen, while more than 4K contracted the disease, the WHO reported on Thursday.
The coffee giant Starbucks will buy the rest of 50% stake of the East China's joint venture partners for around $1.3B in the largest ever acquisition deal of the company.
At least three people were reported to be dead on the first day of clashes against the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
According to the Spanish National Statistics Institute, the unemployment rate in Spain declined to 17.2% in the Q2, surprising analysts with the lowest reading in more than eight years.
The Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Lofven removed two ministers from the government on Thursday following the Cabinet reshuffle in a political row over the sensitive data leaking.
Japan is seeking to hike the tariffs on imports of frozen beef from the United States, including some other states, following its intention to protect local producers against imports.
The EU Commission is eager to pledge $245M extra money as a new aid scheme for Greece, intending to help refugees to pay for basics and rent homes with a cash card.
The network equipment manufacturer Nokia beat analysts' expectations on Thursday by reporting an operating profit of €574M in the second quarter of 2017, up 73% from mid-2016.
Volkswagen plans to offer a replacement for 4M diesel cars during a meeting with German government officials, the company's CEO Matthias Mueller explained on Thursday.
The Swedish PM Stefan Lofven stated on Thursday he was planning a reshuffle of his minority left-green Cabinet on the back of a political crisis regarding the botched outsourcing deal.
The first female head of the Japanese Democratic Party opposition Renho resigned after a heavy defeat of her party in the Tokyo election and its failure to capitalise sinking support rates of the PM Shinzo Abe.