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Yana Paskova | Getty Images ormer U.S. President Barack Obama prepares to leave the Gates Foundation Inaugural Goalkeepers event after speaking there on September 20, 2017 in New York City. Former President Barack Obama, back on the campaign trail on Thursday for the first time since he left the White …

MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP / Getty Images Mercedes’s pit-crew changes the tyres of British driver Lewis Hamilton’s car during the second practice session of the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix night race on September 15, 2017. French anti-corruption authorities are investigating Formula 1’s governing body over Liberty Media’s acquisition of …

Thuli Dlamini | The Times | Gallo Images | Getty Images Cosatu members march against corruption and state capture on September 27, 2017 in Durban, South Africa. The FBI has opened an investigation into U.S. links to South Africa’s Guptas, escalating a scandal over the family’s alleged use of a …

Lintao Zhang | Getty Images Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People’s Bank of China, speaks during a press conference at the media center on March 10, 2017 in Beijing, China. China’s central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said on Thursday that he is likely to retire soon, confirming an earlier Reuters …

Ahmad Al-Rubaye | AFP | Getty Images Iraqi government forces enter the Bai Hassan oil field, west of the multi-ethnic northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, on October 17, 2017. Iraqi forces took control of the two largest oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk demolishing Kurdish hopes of …

Monica Schipper | Stringer | Getty Images Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the 2017 Stephan Weiss Apple Awards on June 7, 2017 in New York City. Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that “cavalier” threats to start war on the Korean peninsula were “dangerous and short-sighted”, urging …

Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Bombardier CS300 C Series aircraft, manufactured by Bombardier Inc., lands after a flying display on day two of the 51st International Paris Air Show in Paris, France, on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Boeing said that the announced deal has no effect on …

Matthew Horwood | Getty Images Hillary Clinton at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 15, 2017 in Cheltenham, England. Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that “cavalier” threats to start war on the Korean peninsula are “dangerous and short-sighted”, urging the United States to get all parties …

Brendon Thorne | Bloomberg | Getty Images Signage for Rio Tinto is displayed atop the company’s offices in the central business district of Perth, Australia, on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged mining company Rio Tinto and two of its former top executives …

Chris Wattie | Reuters Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland (C) speaks before the start of a trilateral meeting with Mexico’s Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo (L) and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during the third round of NAFTA talks involving the United States, Mexico and Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September …