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North Korea and the death of Otto Warmbier weigh on US-China relations

Kyodo | Reuters Otto Warmbier (C), a University of Virginia student who was detained in North Korea since early January, is taken to North Korea’s top court in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo March 16, 2016. Pyongyang had claimed Warmbier contracted botulism and fell into a …

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Tillerson says US, China call on North Korea to stop nuclear weapons program

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a press conference after talks with Chinese diplomatic and defense chiefs at the State Department in Washington, U.S. June 21, 2017. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said after talks with top Chinese diplomats and defense chiefs on Wednesday …

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Here’s what global marketers are doing to tackle sexism in advertising

Ilya S. Savenok | Getty Images AT&T’s chief brand officer Fiona Carter, at an event in New York City on April 18, 2017 Unilever undertook research in 2016 that looked at ads from a variety of businesses. It found that only 3 percent of advertising showed women in leadership roles, …

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Boeing noses out in front in orders race at Paris Air Show

Frederic Stevens | Getty Images The Boeings B737 max 9 and B787-10 are exhibited during the 52nd Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, on June 20, 2017 in Le Bourget, France. The Air Show is the world’s largest exhibition of the aviation and space industry and takes place at Le …

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Li Ka-shing says his elder son Victor will be his successor in principle

Justin Chin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Billionaire Li Ka-shing, chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings and Cheung Kong Property Holdings, adjusts his glasses during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. “Arrangement for the group’s business has been well prepared. They (Victor and Richard) have …

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Tesla hires prominent A.I. researcher as Autopilot chief Lattner leaves

VCG | Getty Images Elon Musk, Chairman, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors, addresses a press conference to declare that the Tesla Motors releases v7.0 System in China on a limited basis for its Model S, which will enable self-driving features such as Autosteer for a select group of …

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Pro-Islamic state militants storm school in southern Philippines, hold students as hostages

Richard Atrero de Guzman | NurPhoto | Getty Images Abandoned house vandalized with quote “I LOVE ISIS” is seen in a door of a house inside of a no-go zone in Marawi, southern Philippines. Pro-Islamic State militants stormed a town and occupied a school in the southern Philippines early on …

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Chances of Trump meeting with North Korea’s Kim less likely after Otto Warmbier’s death

KCNA | Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts during the long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 (Mars-12) test launch in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 15, 2017. A meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un is less …

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Trader who correctly called last oil bear market sees crude falling into $30s

Oil fell over 2 percent on Tuesday and officially entered bear market territory, a drop that has trader Todd Gordon betting on a bigger drop for the embattled energy sector. The TradingAnalysis.com founder had previously called for oil to fall to $26, a prediction that came true in February of …

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Troops shoot suspected bomber in Brussels station, police say

Francois Lenoir | Reuters Belgian troops take up position following an explosion at Central Station in Brussels, Belgium, June 20, 2017. Belgian troops shot a suspected suicide bomber in Brussels Central Station on Tuesday, officials said, adding that there were no other casualties and the situation was under control after …

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