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Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump shares a toast during a state dinner hosted by South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea November 7, 2017. South Korean trade negotiators are expected to be on the defensive as they meet with their U.S. counterparts …

KCNA | Reuters North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un is seen during the inspection of a potato flour factory in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang December 6, 2017. South Korean President Moon Jae-In’s administration on Tuesday offered high-level talks to its …

Ben Ruston | Fairfax Media | Getty Images Billabong International profits cracked a 14 percent profit increase, 23 August 2004 Sports apparel seller Billabong International said on Friday it had entered an agreement with Boardriders for the U.S.-based firm to buy the Australian company for about 197.7 million Australian dollars …

Zhao Shiwei | VCG | Getty Images The Beijing corps of the Chinese People’s Armed Police takes an oath during a ceremony on January 2, 2018, in Beijing, China, as annual military training activities begin. Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed China’s entire armed forces in a speech Thursday, in which …

Alex Wong | Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks to members of the media at the State Department October 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it was suspending security assistance to Pakistan until Islamabad takes action against the Afghan Taliban and …

The Trump Interior Department on Thursday announced plans to offer blocks in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans for oil and gas exploration in an ambitious new five-year offshore lease plan. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said the proposal for offshore leasing between 2019 and 2024 would offer about 90 percent …

Ander Gillenea | AFP | Getty Images A man incarnating a ‘Toro de Fuego’ (bull of fire) chases people during the San Fermin Festival on July 8, 2017, in Pamplona, Spain. Also, tax cuts have added fuel to record earnings. Instead of S&P earnings growth of roughly 10 percent in …

Brendan McDermid | Reuters Traders celebrate on the main trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the Dow Jones Industrial Average passes the 20,000 mark shortly after the opening of the trading session in New York, U.S., January 25, 2017. “This was a solid number and with …

STR | AFP | Getty Images Iranian students scuffle with police at the University of Tehran during a demonstration driven by anger over economic problems, in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017. Iran’s army chief said on Thursday police forces had already quelled anti-government unrest that has killed 21 …

Robert Frank | Reuters Jeff Strum removes snow off of his car after two days of record-breaking snowfall in Erie, Pennsylvania, December 27, 2017. Fuel oil is set to lead the energy market higher as a current supply shortage coincides with the big freeze hitting the U.S. east coast, according …