Sam Meredith

Speaking to CNBC's Karen Tso, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Europe's economic performance was strengthening and inflation was clearly on a downward trajectory.

The head of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday called on Europe to achieve the full potential of the single market.

U.S. Treasury yields were lower on Tuesday as investors looked ahead to labor market data and monitored comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Greece has controversially introduced a six-day working week for some businesses in a bid to boost productivity and employment in the southern European country.

An international team of scientists has discovered that oxygen is being produced by potato-shaped metallic nodules thousands of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

The world's average temperature climbed to its highest level ever recorded on Sunday, according to the European Union's climate monitor.

Treasury yields slipped on Wednesday as investors looked ahead to a fresh batch of economic data and considered the outlook for the U.S. economy.

The world registered its hottest day on record for the second time in just two days, according to the latest data compiled by the European Union's climate monitor.

Health authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala are on high alert following the latest flare-up of the deadly Nipah virus.

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro will seek his third term in office on Sunday in a vote that's regarded as the country's most open contest in more than a decade.