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British pharmaceutical group GSK on Wednesday raised its full-year outlook after strong sales growth in its third quarter, brushing off the potential impact of US tariffs.

German premium carmaker Mercedes-Benz reported plunging third-quarter profit Wednesday, hit by weak sales in China as well as US tariffs.

US President Donald Trump may be facing "no kings" protests back home, but in South Korea officials had the perfect gift for the monarch-loving magnate -- a replica golden crown.

Asian stock markets surged on Wednesday, matching record gains on Wall Street the previous day as investor confidence in AI tech and coming interest rate cuts in the United States reaches fever pitch.

Fries powerhouse Belgium is in for a record potato harvest this year -- but that's hardly cause for celebration for farmers who face a slump in prices partially driven by a crunch in exports.

Germany's largest bank Deutsche Bank posted record third-quarter profit Wednesday and beat expectations, boosted by a strong performance at its investment bank.

Swiss banking giant UBS reported third-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations, thanks in part to clawing back provisions for possible litigation, but also sustained by strong performances in its trading and wealth divisions.

President Donald Trump may be facing protests back home calling for "no kings" in the United States, but in South Korea officials had the perfect gift for the monarch-loving magnate -- a replica golden crown.

Grieving relatives will join political leaders Wednesday for a state memorial service in Spain for the more than 230 victims of last year's floods on the anniversary of the disaster.

Despite plummeting relations between Beijing and Washington, Shanghai resident Huang is determined that her daughter will complete her costly education in the United States.

Australian police are working on an AI prototype that will help them decipher Gen Z slang and emoji-laden messages written by online predators, a top official said Wednesday.

They came, they saw, and they squandered a year's worth of lessons on Roman history.

New Zealand police raided a shipping insurer's offices over allegations it offered cover to tankers breaking Russian sanctions, a senior detective said Wednesday.

HBO Max's new French-language series "The Seduction" is an 18th-century MeToo prequel to "Dangerous Liaisons" with a feminist twist, its director Jessica Palud told AFP.

Microsoft and OpenAI announced Tuesday a sweeping overhaul of their landmark artificial intelligence (AI) partnership, giving both companies greater independence while maintaining their close collaboration.

Jamaican health authorities on Tuesday urged residents across the island to be vigilant for crocodiles displaced by Hurricane Melissa.

A French court has ordered Apple to pay around 39 million euros ($45 million) to mobile network operators over accusations it imposed unfair contract conditions to allow them to sell iPhones.

The US consulate in Lagos has revoked the visa of Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate said Tuesday.

Why have stock markets around the world -- from Wall Street to Tokyo and from Paris to Seoul, been striking record highs despite the uncertain political and economic outlook?

US sanctions targeting Rosneft will not impact the Russian oil giant's German subsidiaries, the German government told AFP Tuesday, downplaying fears their operations could be affected as they were not formally excluded.

Rising floodwater and extreme winds hit Jamaica Tuesday as the Caribbean island braced for imminent landfall of Hurricane Melissa and officials pleaded with residents to take shelter.

Wall Street's major indices pushed higher on Tuesday, a day after striking record highs on optimism over a reduction in US-China trade tensions.

US online retail and cloud computing giant Amazon said Tuesday that it is reducing its workforce by 14,000 posts to streamline operations as it invests in artificial intelligence, without saying where the cuts will be made.

The UN estimated Tuesday that nations' carbon-cutting pledges imply a far-from-sufficient 10-percent emissions cut by 2035, cautioning that it was unable to provide a robust global overview after most countries failed to submit their plans on time.

Major European and Asian stock markets mostly fell Tuesday as they waited for further developments after Wall Street struck record highs on optimism over US-China trade tensions.

The European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday that Norway did not breach its climate obligations when it awarded Arctic oil and gas exploration licenses in 2016.

Thousands of people in Vietnam were evacuated from their homes after record rainfall of more than one metre in 24 hours submerged a central city, the environment ministry said Tuesday.

Asian markets cooled off Tuesday after the previous day's surge as traders digested Donald Trump's visit to Asian ally Japan, ahead of his high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week.

Holes in the ground, clods of earth next to headstones, dislocated concrete outlines: the Thiaroye military cemetery near Dakar bears the marks of recent excavations meant to unearth the truth behind a WWII-era massacre by French colonial forces.

Japan pulled out all stops for this week's visit by US President Donald Trump -- his first with new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

At dawn in a village in Kenya's Maasai Mara wilderness, zebras rouse themselves and head away from the huts where they like to sleep as protection from lions.

HSBC reported a 14 percent drop in third-quarter pre-tax profit on Tuesday, with the banking giant's bottom line weighed down by legal provisions related to the late Bernard Madoff's huge investment fraud.