Toru Hanai | Reuters A man walks past a street monitor showing North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un in a news report about North Korea’s nuclear test, in Tokyo, Japan, September 3, 2017. President Donald Trump should stick with imposing sanctions on North Korea and avoid military conflicts, a former undersecretary …

Pool | Getty Images Outgoing White House Spokesman Sean Spicer walks into the West Wing of The White House on July 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump’s memorable first press secretary, Sean Spicer, has reportedly become the latest White House departee to join the paid speaking circuit. Spicer, …

Sefa Karacan | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said the oil market is likely to move into balance by the first quarter of 2018. The deal has so far led to a pullback of around 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) of production generated by …

Ms. Goldman was married to the playwright and screenwriter James Goldman, who won an Oscar for “The Lion in Winter.” His death in 1998 flattened Ms. Goldman. Her therapist’s advice? Have sex, as his character recommends in the show. Photo Her husband’s death in 1998 flattened Ms. Goldman. Her therapist’s …

Photo Evan Peters as Kai in “American Horror Story: Cult.” Credit Frank Ockenfels/FX Menacing clowns descend on Michigan after the 2016 presidential election in the new season of “American Horror Story.” And the romance drama “Like Crazy” arrives on Netflix. What’s on TV AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT 10 p.m. on …

Scott Eisen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Signage for Takeda Pharmaceutical is displayed on the exterior of the company’s building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. The company has forecast that its operating profit will rise 15.5 percent to 180 billion yen ($1.65 billion) this financial year …

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of Bank of Japan, from left, Janet Yellen, chair of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, walk the grounds at the Jackson Hole economic symposium, sponsored by the …

“The number of studios shutting down is distressing in a city with such a celebrated musical history,” Sting — who recorded part of his most recent album, “57th and 9th,” at Avatar — wrote in an email. “I understand how hard it is to keep a studio afloat in these …

Mr. Carroll, 51, represents a curious blend of familiar and radical: He is best known stateside for the “original practice” Globe productions of “Twelfth Night” and “Richard III” that he brought to Broadway in 2013, which hewed as closely as possible to the staging choices made at the turn of …

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images Pedestrians walk past a monitor showing a news program reporting on North Korea’s 6th nuclear test on September 3, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese government is drawing up plans to evacuate its citizens from South Korea in the event of a war, the Nikkei …