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Sean Gallup | Getty Images A worker walks among pipes and valves at the Dashava natural gas facility in Dashava, Ukraine. Ukraine is worried that one of Europe’s most contentious energy developments will leave its gas pipeline vulnerable to a Russian attack, according to a leading political risk expert. The …

Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images A collection of bitcoin, litecoin and ethereum tokens. A glitch at a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange allowed some users to buy digital currencies for free, heightening concerns over the security of such trading platforms. Zaif, which is run by Tech Bureau Corp, and registered …

Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images A KFC restaurant in Clapham, south London KFC expects some of its U.K. outlets to remain closed for the rest of the week, as a result of chicken shortages across the country. Around half of the fast-food chain’s 900 stores in Britain were closed …

Getty Images General Motors vehicles go through assembly after GM celebrated the official launch of the Chevrolet Volt hybrid electric vehicle at GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly November 30, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. General Motors (GM) has proposed a $2.8 billion fresh investment in South Korea over the next 10 years as …

Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence(L) talks at the meeting with Fred Warmbier, the father of Otto warmbier who was imprisoned in North Korea for 17 months and North Korean defectors at the meeting room in the South Korean Navy 2nd Fleet Commnad on February 9, 2018 in Pyeongtaek, South …

Paul Hackett | Reuters Caroline Rush (L), Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue attend the Richard Quinn show at London Fashion Week, in London, Britain February 20, 2018. Queen Elizabeth II has always dressed with style and flair — …

BRYAN R. SMITH | AFP | Getty Images Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on December 29, 2017 in New York. “The equity markets snapped back from a deeply oversold condition last week,” Bruce Bittles, chief …

Francois Lenoir | Reuters Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos attends a eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium May 22, 2017. Greece and Europe both want to see the former exit its bailout program as scheduled in August. But that brings about a difficult decision on how that should take …

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon.com Inc. signage is displayed at a Pop-Up store inside the Lakeview Whole Foods Market Inc. store in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. Amazon is offering Prime members who use its Visa rewards card 5 percent cash back when they …

Bill Pugliano | Getty Images The General Motors Global Headquarters shown on June 6, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. General Motors plans to produce two new car models in South Korea, a local lawmaker said, quoting GM executive Barry Engle as saying this at a meeting with South Korean members of …