Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks to US President Donald Trump during the opening ceremony of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila on November 13, 2017. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to visit the United States April …

Paul Ciana, global chief FICC technical strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, says the market’s “headed right in the eye of the storm,” and there are two charts to watch that could signal some dark clouds ahead. “Our thesis here suggests that U.S. financial conditions continue to deteriorate,” he …

Yuan Chen | VCG | Getty Images A Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket carrying China’s first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 blasts off from Wenchang Space Launch Center on April 20, 2017. China’s Tiangong-1 space station is forecast to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere over a remote part of the South Atlantic between …

Essam Al-Sudani | Reuters Men work for Iraqi Drilling Company at Rumaila oilfield in Basra, Iraq, Iraq plans to award oil and gas exploration and development contracts in 11 new blocks on April 15, oil ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said on Sunday. Iraq had initially set June 21 as the …