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Serena Taylor | Newcastle United | Getty Images Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger during a Premier League match between Newcastle United and Arsenal at St.James’ Park on April 15, 2018, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. After almost 22 years in charge of English Premier League team Arsenal, Arsene Wenger has chosen …

Jorge Silva | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation on November 11, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to the United States during a phone call, and said he would be glad to …

Olivia Harris | Reuters Authorities around the world, including the United States, Switzerland and Singapore have looked into anti-money laundering breaches relating to 1MDB. The financial scandal — one of the world’s biggest — has rocked Malaysian politics and involves players as diverse as Goldman Sachs and Hollywood. The state …

Joan Cros | NurPhoto | Getty Images New ZTE Blade V9 at ZTE stand during the Mobile World Congress Day 2 on February 27, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain. China’s ZTE said Friday that a U.S. ban on exports to the technology firm could threaten its survival and adversely affect American …

JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images A television news report showing pictures of President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a railway station in Seoul on March 9, 2018. As the White House and Pyongyang prepare for a historic summit, one of the biggest logistical sticking points is location. …

Attila Kisbenedek | AFP | Getty Images A billboard with a poster of Hungarian-American billionaire and philanthropist George Soros with the lettering ‘National consultation about the Soros’ plan – Don’t let it pass without any words’ is seen in the 22nd district of Budapest on October 16, 2017, as the …

Aaron Josefczyk | Reuters A worker cuts a steel coil at the Novolipetsk Steel PAO steel mill in Farrell, Pennsylvania, March 9, 2018. Russia has demanded compensation from the United States for its decision to impose global tariffs on steel and aluminum. A statement from the World Trade Organization (WTO), …

Daniel Leal | Olivas-WPA Pool | Getty Images Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the Commonwealth Business Forum at the Guildhall on April 18, 2018, in London, England. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari met with Shell on Wednesday as part of talks he said were to secure $15 billion of investment in …

Yuriko Nakao | Bloomberg | Getty Images hristophe Weber, president and chief executive officer of Takeda Pharmaceutical Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical is in negotiations with Shire after making a third takeover bid worth around $61 billion that was rejected by the London-listed rare diseases drugmaker. Reuters first reported that Takeda had …

David McNew | Getty Images Oil rigs at sunrise in Taft, California. A sudden upswing in crude futures could be enough to fast-track the energy market’s next crisis, one economist told CNBC on Thursday. Oil prices soared to levels not seen since late 2014 on Thursday, following reports OPEC kingpin …