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Pauline Askin | Reuters Adelie penguins stand atop a block of melting ice on a rocky shoreline at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, in East Antarctica. In 2016, the United States and China issued a joint statement confirming that both countries would sign the Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to tackle …

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla vehicles are loaded onto a truck for transport at the company’s manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, on Wednesday, June 20, 2018.  U.S. carmaker Tesla has hiked prices on its Model X and S cars by about 20 percent in China, becoming …

Soe Zeya Tun | Reuters Soldiers and rescue workers walk past water pumped out of Tham Luang cave complex, where members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 5, 2018.  Rescuers resumed preparations on Tuesday for …

Ozan Kose | AFP | Getty Images Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) poses with Beraat Albayrak on May 29, 2018 in Istanbul.  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan named his son-in-law as Treasury and Finance minister in the new cabinet on Monday, sending the lira currency lower and likely deepening concern …

Drew Angerer | Getty Images Traders and financial professionals work ahead of the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), June 25, 2018 in New York City.  “The market can surprise you with what it’s focused on,” said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. …

Jason Lee | Reuters China’s President Xi Jinping (R) meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 24, 2018. China is looking to the European Union as its new best friend amid trade frictions with the United States. Prime Minister Li Keqiang …

Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images An attendee uses a mobile phone while standing in front of the Huawei Technologies Co. booth at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, June 28, 2018. The exhibition runs through June 29.  China’s Huawei, the world’s largest maker of …

WPA Pool | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury Polluting firms that fail to tackle climate change could be removed from The Church of England’s £12 billion ($16 billion) investment portfolio within five years. After a meeting of high level officials at the weekend, the …

Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images  U.S. President Donald Trump swings a golf club during the White House Sports and Fitness Day event in Washington, D.C., U.S., on May 30, 2018.  President Donald Trump will be departing for Europe Tuesday for a series of meetings with key allies in …

Dominic Raab, Minister of State for Housing and Planning leaves 10 Downing street after the weekly cabinet meeting on February 6, 2018 in London. British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Dominic Raab as the new Brexit Secretary on Monday after his predecessor quit in protest at the government’s plans for …