China activists are afraid of increased state surveillance as Beijing announced about new bill aimed to legitimise monitoring of raid premises and suspects last week.
The US court requested United Parcel Service to pay nearly $247M of fine for "illegally shipping" large amounts of untaxed cigarettes in the New York City and state.
The citizens of Iran, Iraq and five more countries under Trump's travel bans received about 50% fewer US non-immigrant visas in April, compared with March's 40% decline.
James Bullard, the St. Louis Fed President, said that the US prices are noticeably lower, compared to the 1995-2002 price level path, when inflation was near 2% target.
Japan's core CPI rose 0.3% year-over-year in April, showing growth for the fourth consecutive month, which was due mainly to higher energy costs.
Donald Trump anticipates a "robust" discussion over climate change and trade with G7 leaders at forthcoming summit, White House economic advisor revealed.
According to a French presidency official, the US President Donald Trump called his French counterpart "my guy", saying Macron was his favourite to win the election.
The New York-based investment management corporation BlackRock said it was intended to pay $1.25B over the next 20 years for its brand new Manhattan headquarters.
The Toronto-based Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's net income surged 12% on a yearly basis to a total of C$1.05B, or C$2.59 per share.
Data released by the US Energy Information Administration revealed domestic natural gas storage advanced 75M cubic feet over the previous week.
Wilbur Ross said he expects a "real impact" of an additional $5.5M for the enforcement budget in dealing with unfair trade and violation of export security.
Lael Brainard, the Fed Governor, revealed that the global economic growth became brighter, reducing the risk posed to the Federal Reserve's outlook.
Two Kenyan police officers were killed in a roadside bomb attack near the Somali border, launched by Somali Islamists.
Sources close to the matter reported that leaders of the NATO would urge Donald Trump to publicly support the alliance, which he named "obsolete" during his presidential campaign.
On Thursday, the Queen Elizabeth visited the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital to meet with the victims of the Manchester Arena suicide bombing attack.
Best Buy, the largest US provider of technology products, services and solutions, reported a 1.6% rise in Q1 sales, whereas analysts anticipated a decline of 1.5%.
Two US auto industry consulting firms reported on Thursday that auto sales in May would likely rise 0.5% compared to the same period a year ago.
The Labour Department reported on Thursday that the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose 1K to 234K in the week ended May 19, whereas analysts anticipated an increase to 238K.
Major US stock markets opened higher on Thursday after the minutes of the Federal Reserve's latest meeting revealed that policymakers expected the US economy to regain positive momentum.
The ONS released its second Q1 GDP estimate on Thursday, which showed the UK economy expanded at a 0.2% pace in the March quarter, compared to an initially reported pace of 0.3%.
The United States and the European Union came to an agreement to begin work on a plan aimed to increase trade cooperation.
According to the Financial Times, Ford Motor is eager to name replacements for its EU and Asian top executive positions this Thursday.
The founder of Facebook social media Mark Zuckerberg will "return" to Harvard University as a commencement speaker to address the graduating class on Thursday.
The US President Donald Trump visited Brussels for meeting with the chiefs of the EU institutions on Thursday ahead of the NATO leaders' summit at the HQ of military alliance later that day.