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Vincent Mundy | Bloomberg | Getty Images Steelworkers at the ArcelorMittal steel factory in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. The world’s largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal reported on Friday higher-than-expected first-quarter earnings, helped by a sharp pick-up in metal prices. The company said outlook for 2018 had improved as the year progressed. The company’s …

Lai Seng Sin | Reuters Mahathir Mohamad, former Malaysian prime minister and opposition candidate for Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) reacts during a news conference after general election, in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, May 9, 2018. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday the country’s monarch had indicated he was …

Win McNamee | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump (L) welcome President Mauricio Macri of Argentina and the first lady of Argentina, Juliana Awada (R), to the White House shortly before meeting in the Oval Office April 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. The United States …

Ali Mohammadi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Women cross a street near a giant political mural depicting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, left, and Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic republic of Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on Thursday against …

Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on May 1, 2018 in San Jose, California. House Democrats on Thursday released a complete archive of the 3,500 ads that Russia purchased on Facebook. I’m going to show you if you might have liked one of …

Silvio Berlusconi, leader of right-wing party Forza Italia, waves as he arrives to vote on March 4, 2018 at a polling station in Milan. The yield on Italian government 10-year bonds rose to a seven-week high Thursday, while stocks sold off, following news that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will …

AFP | Getty Images Local residents wait inside an ambulance after Patel dam burst its bank at Solai, about 40 kilometres north of Nakuru, Kenya, on May 9, 2018. A dam in Kenya has burst its banks after weeks of heavy rainfall, causing “huge destruction” and killing at least 27 …

SAUL LOEB | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump (L) applauds as US detainee Kim Dong-chul (2nd R) gestures upon his return with Kim Hak-song (C) and Tony Kim (behind) after they were freed by North Korea, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on May 10, 2018. A …

NEZAR BALOUT | AFP | Getty Images Bahrain’s Oil and Gas Affairs Minister, Mohammed Bin Khalifa al-Khalifa, speaks on a panel during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), on November 7, 2016 in the Emirati capital. Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s oil minister, warned that …

Lai Seng Sin | Reuters Mahathir Mohamad, former Malaysian prime minister and opposition candidate for Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) reacts during a news conference after general election, in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, May 9, 2018. Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad said the opposition alliance he leads had won enough parliament seats in …