On Wednesday, Italy's leading airline group Alitalia cancelled 60% of flights as employees mounted a 24-hour strike to protest job and salary cuts.
The Institute for Supply Management reported on Tuesday that its PMI for the US services sector came in at 55.2 in March, following February's 57.6 and falling behind expectations for 57.0.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel's senior ally Volker Kauder urged Japan to finally sign a trade agreement with the EU, in light of Trump's rhetoric around implementing protectionist measures.
The Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev called for severe requirements to be applied amid the St. Petersburg's metro bombing, offering any kind of cooperation to Russia at the meeting with the President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
Facebook is eager to launch new tools for the users to detect and block the so-called "revenge porn" posts and automatically ban them if published repeatedly with intention to prevent the sexually explicit images sharing.
Six people died and two more were reported to be missing after a number of explosions took place at the Portugal fireworks factory late on Tuesday.
According to the German tabloid Bild, the government's statistics shows that 267K of Syrian refugees have rights to bring their families to Germany that could fuel the migration debates right before the national election.
The Cabinet of Germany decided to approve a plan to penalise Facebook and other social media platforms over malicious posts that were not removed quickly, urging the companies to pay up to $53M and reveal the identity of the abusers.
On Tuesday, thousands of the Greek pensioners staged out a peaceful protest against pension cuts as lenders called Greece for austerity and uncommon labour reforms.
On Wednesday, the South Korea prosecution official stated that Choi Soon-sil, a friend of the ousted President Park Geun-hye, would be transferred to another location to prevent her from attempts to get in contact with the country's ex-leader.
According to the Russian investigators, six suspects in St. Petersburg metro terrorist attack were detained; however, there had been no evidence found yet over any links to the bomb blast.
World Health Organization has announced that the victims of the chemical attack in Syria appear to have the symptoms, which appear to be a result of organophosphorus chemicals, which are a nerve agent.
Pope Francis on Wednesday announced that he was horrified, when he was informed on the suspected chemical attacks in Syria. Moreover, he called it an unacceptable massacre.
On Tuesday, the JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon announced that the bank was not eager to phase out about 4K jobs from Britain as stated previously in the two following years amid concerns on Brexit impact.
The Pakistani Taliban faction took the responsibility for the blast in Lahore caused by a suicide bomber that left six people dead and 18 more wounded.
On Wednesday night, the Islamic State militants attacked the Iraqi city of Tikrit, leaving no less than 31 people dead, including 14 policemen, and over 40 people wounded.
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May adheres to the primary policy not to allow a free movement for the EU citizens during the Brexit implementation phase as Britain is trying to control its borders.
The US oil and gas multinational ExxonMobil stated that it was negotiating on buying the Singapore's refining-petrochemical complex Jurong Aromatics amid the company's global business strategy.
On Tuesday, an earthquake of the 6.1 magnitude hit the Iranian holy city of Mashhad in the Northeast at 33 km depth; but no casualties had been reported yet.
Hundreds of the New Zealand citizens fled away from their homes as the tail-end of Cyclone Debbie hit the North Island with severe rainfalls and floods.
On Wednesday, a suicide bomber blew himself up close to a military vehicle in the Pakistani city of Lahore, leaving four people dead and 18 more wounded.
During Wednesday's trading session the price of crude oil has reached a one month high level. This fact indicates that the tightening measures applied by various market participants seem to be working.
The US unit of the McDonald's corporation has announced that three new people have been appointed to senior roles in the company. The company has appointed new heads of marketing, digital and menu departments.
North Koreans have test-fired another ballistic missile into the sea near the countries west coast. This was done ahead of the summit set to be held between the US and Chinese leaders. The topic of the summit is the North Korean arms program.