Protesters calling for pay of $15 an hour and a union will be at McDonald's stores around the U.S. Thursday as part of an ongoing push targeting the world's biggest hamburger chain.

The "Fight for $15" campaign says low-wage workers plan to turn out to show their solidarity with fast-food workers.

The Bank of England warned again Thursday over the impact of Britain's possible exit from the European Union, as it voted once more to freeze interest rates.

The British central bank's nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided unanimously to keep borrowing costs at a record-low 0.50 percent, it said in a statement following its April gathering.

Tax authorities from the world's richest nations on Wednesday probed a mass of murky offshore dealings revealed in the huge Panama Papers data leak, just hours after police raided the law firm at the center of the scandal.

Dubai's Emirates airline said Wednesday it had ordered two more Airbus A380 planes, raising the carrier's total orders for the superjumbo aircraft to 142.

The two new planes will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2017, said a statement by Emirates, which already has 75 A380s in service.

OPEC warned Wednesday that the world remains awash with crude ahead of a crunch meeting in Doha between cartel members and other major producers to discuss a production freeze to boost the oil price.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said in its April monthly report that oil prices rose more than 20 percent in March, continuing a slow recovery from the huge drop of 2014-15.

France said Wednesday it was on track for modest growth this year at the same rate as earlier projections and also left its public deficit forecast untouched.

Kuwait is deploying national guard units to run and protect some oil facilities after workers announced a major strike for this weekend, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Oil prices fell on Wednesday, taking a breather after a rally fueled by reports Saudi Arabia and Russia had agreed to freeze output ahead of a key producers' meeting.

The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday of potentially "severe" economic damage from a British exit from the European Union and voiced strong worries over generally deteriorating support for EU integration.

Fitch Ratings on Tuesday lowered the long-term credit rating of Saudi Arabia because of the negative impact of lower oil prices on the world's biggest crude exporter.

The agency "has downgraded Saudi Arabia's long-term foreign and local currency" ratings to AA- from AA, it said, adding the outlook remains negative.