The French Finance Ministry reported that France's trade deficit surprisingly narrowed to €5.4B in March from the preceding month's upwardly revised €6.4B deficit.
The Swiss authorities announced that Switzerland would limit access to the country's labour market for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens for one year as the country seeks to reduce the number of migrants.
The EU is eager to tackle complaints over Apple and Google tech giants' unfair trading practices, planning to prepare a digital strategy mid-term review aimed at applying strict rules in unfair contractual clauses.
The US President Donald Trump defended the FBI director James Comey firing after his order set off a political storm, vowing he would replace Comey with a better candidate for this position.
On Wednesday, Austria's Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner announced about his resignation as he failed to settle internal party dispute and speculation about its future leadership.
The German SPD leader and the Chancellor Angela Merkel's rival Martin Schulz supported the idea of France's President-elect Emmanuel Macron on a common budget for the Euro zone countries to fund investment.
On Wednesday, the German Linde Group CEO said that the company forecasts to complete the $70B merger of equals with the US Praxair in 2018, if talks succeed.
In an effort to increase the firepower of the Kurdish militias, which are fighting Daesh, the US have announced of a decision to arm the Kurds with large caliber weapons. The move was protested by Turkey.
The new President of South Korea Moon Jae-In has stated that he will base his administration at an old government building in the center of Seoul. Moving from the presidential Blue House to the run down building will be a logistical nightmare for the security and administrative staff.
The US tech leader Apple had bought the Finnish hardware and sleep tracking app maker Beddit, the start-up announced on Wednesday, providing no further detail on the acquisition.
ChemChina got about 82% Syngenta shareholders' support amid its $43B takeover deal of the Swiss seeds group and pesticides.
The newly nominated South Korean spy chief Suh Hoon considers that the right conditions on the North Korean nuclear crisis must be defined before a summit between two countries will be held.
Toyota Motor anticipates its operating profit will drop 20% to $14.06B in 2017 as the company expects increased expanses from marketing activities in the US.
A business group, which represents the largest South Korean companies, announced on Wednesday that they will work together with the new President of the country to create jobs and boost investment.
The Premier of China Li Keqiang has visited Foxconn to reassure the company that the development and optimization of business environment in China will continue. This comes in the aftermath of the company's CEO visiting the White House.
Boston Consulting Group has published a report that Cuba provides huge opportunities for cruise and air lines from the US and US hotel companies. The reason is the forecasted sevenfold increase of the number of visitors to the island.
At the start of this year specialists at Wal-Mart got a surprise. As it turns out, the technology the company used to track online prices of various goods suddenly stopped, when it checked Amazon.com prices.
The former President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula is being tried on Wednesday, as he is being prosecuted in five criminal cases. Meanwhile, the lawyers of Lula are attacking the credibility of the judge in charge of the case.
The new President of South Korea Moon Jae has taken office. As it occurred, the President announced that he is ready to visit North Korea and negotiate with China and the United States.
On Wednesday the US Dollar lost value, while safe haven investments gained, as US President Donald Trump fired the Director of FBI James Comey.
The Governor of Bank of Japan Haruhiko Koruda on Wednesday announced that the overseas events, which cause uncertainty regarding the US policies and geopolitical risks are the biggest threats for the Japanese economy.
Donald Trump and Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, are set to discuss US-Russia relations, Syria and international issues at a meeting on Wednesday.
According to the Chinese Bureau of Statistics, the country's CPI rose more than expected to a 1.2% annualised rate in April, up from the preceding month's 0.9% reading.
The BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda revealed that he was not thinking about changes in the BoJ's policy mix, pointing its main instrument was the Yield Curve Control.