Yasin Bulbul | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other national leaders pose for a photo after the Belt and Road Forum at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, China on May 14, 2017. “On one …

Mr. Vaziev, the former ballet director at two exacting companies, the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg and La Scala in Milan, was appointed at the Bolshoi in March 2016 at a particularly fraught moment in the company’s long, tangled history. Sergei Y. Filin, his predecessor, was partially blinded in an …

Etienne Oliveau | Pool | Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shake hands ahead of their talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 21, 2017 in Beijing, China. China’s investors and markets are becoming increasingly important to Israel’s economy, and in particular …

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 7, 2017. President Donald Trump made seven trips to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida earlier this year, and the public might soon get …

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Representatives speak with customers at a UnitedHealthcare store in Queens, New York. UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurer, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, driven by growth across its businesses and raised its full-year earnings forecast. The insurer’s results comes after a second attempt …

Christopher Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brian Moynihan, Bank of America Bank of America, the second-largest U.S. bank by assets under management, is set to report second-quarter results on Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting: EPS: 43 cents expected by analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. Revenue: $21.781 billion …

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pedestrians pass a Knightscope K5 security robot on Wall Street, New York, on January 17, 2017. I’m sorry to inform you that perhaps some robots are taking this whole “be more human” thing a bit too far. I’ve seen people make jokes about …

Speaking to his own audience on Monday, Mr. Colbert said that he had been constantly followed by what seemed like a government detail during his time in Russia. “The trip was amazing. The Russian people were incredibly friendly and welcoming. In fact, there were teams of them following me about …

Kirill Kudryavtsev | AFP | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with journalists after his annual ‘Direct Line with Vladimir Putin broadcast live’ by Russian TV channels and radio stations at the Gostiny Dvor studio in Moscow on June 15, 2017. Russia has threatened to take retaliatory measures against …

Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shoppers walk past a Gap Inc. clothing store in London, U.K., on Thursday, May 25, 2017. British inflation unexpectedly slowed for the first time since October last month, adding to the likelihood that the Bank of England will keep interest rates at a …