On Wednesday, the Catalan parliament adopted a law that formally scheduled a referendum on independence from Spain on October 1, 2017.
On Wednesday, a group of Democratic attorneys general from the District of Columbia and 15 other states filed a suit, challenging the US President Donald Trump's decision to terminate the DACA program.
On Wednesday, the US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed his support to Donald Trump's agreement with the Democrats to raise the US debt limit not later than December 15.
On Wednesday, the US House Speaker Paul Ryan emphasized that new legislation on the DACA program must also address various border security problems.
On Wednesday, the Scandinavian biggest bank Nordea said it would transfer its headquarters to Finland in an attempt to reduce regulatory costs.
On Wednesday, the US President Donald Trump agreed with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi that lawmakers have to extent the US debt limit not later than December 15.
Both Royal Bank of Canada and Scotiabank, Canada's largest banks, reported on Wednesday that the BoC's latest rate hike would boost their profits.
United Airlines ordered 10 additional Airbus A350 passenger jets to replace Boeing's 777-200ER jets, the two companies reported on Wednesday.
According to Markit, US services activity declined to 56.0 points last month from July's 56.9, whereas analysts anticipated a slight decrease to 56.8.
The ISM reported that its PMI for the US non-manufacturing sector rose to 55.3 in August, following the preceding month's 53.9 but falling behind expectations for an increase to 55.8.
Markit reported on Wednesday that its PMI for the Euro zone's retail industry fell to 50.8 in August from the prior month's 51.0
On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada raised its Overnight Rate to 1.00% from 0.75%, surprising markets that expected the BoC to remain on hold.
On Wednesday, the highest EU court reignited an argument between the eastern and western states, ruling that all EU countries must take refugees.
Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday that labour productivity of the country's businesses inched 0.1% down over the course of the second quarter.
The US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Wednesday that the country's trade deficit was up $0.1B to come in at $43.7B in July.
Data released by Statistics Canada revealed that Canada's trade deficit narrowed to $3.0B over the month of July from $3.8B deficit registered in June.
The forecasted to be premier of Lower Saxony has announced that the next Volkswagen CEO should be an outsider to the automotive industry.
The armed forces of the Syrian state on Wednesday continued to fight to secure the suddenly created corridor to Deir al-Zor, as ISIS attempted to counter-attack.
By Wednesday the crop eating armyworms have destroyed more than 37,000 hectares of agriculture in the northern part of Cameroon, worsening the food crisis of the country.
During Wednesday's trading session oil prices increased ignoring the fact that Gold Coast refineries were reopening and the Storm Harvey was retreating.
A top candidate in the German election left during the middle of a TV debate on Tuesday. The candidate was from the anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany.
European shares continued to decline on Wednesday, as the European Central Banking meeting was upcoming and tensions in Korea continue to influence risk assets.
On Wednesday, thousands of Indonesians gathered together in Jakarta to protest against the Rohingya Muslims' genocide in Myanmar.
On Wednesday, the Deutsche Bank's CEO John Cryan asked the European Central Bank to change its easy-money provision policy due to formation of multiple economic bubbles in real estate, bond and stock markets.