Yuri Gripas | Reuters President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., upon his return to Washington from New York, December 2, 2017. A daily morning look at the financial stories you need to know to start the day. STOCKS/ECONOMY -Stock futures are solidly higher. Investors are …

Sputnik | Mikhail Klimentyev | Kremlin | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin sits next to retired Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn as they attend an exhibition marking the 10th anniversary of RT (Russia Today) television news channel in Moscow, Russia, December 10, 2015. The Kremlin said on Monday Russian President …

James Lawler Duggan | Reuters International passengers arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport after the U.S. Supreme Court granted parts of the Trump administration’s emergency request to put its travel ban into effect later in the week pending further judicial review, in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., June 26, 2017. Federal appeals …

Obtained by The Washington Post | Getty Images A 2005 frame from a video with Donald Trump (L), Arianne Zucker (C) and Billy Bush. Former NBC television host Billy Bush accused U.S. President Donald Trump of “indulging in some revisionist history” for reportedly telling allies it was not his voice …

Getty Images A member of staff photographs a customer as he checks the new iPhone X upon its U.K release in the Apple store, on November 3, 2017 in London, England. Dialog Semiconductor slumped to the bottom of the Stoxx 600 on Monday morning after admitting that its biggest customer …

Christopher Furlong | Getty Images The ‘Peace Line’ fence is seen on February 9, 2005 that stretches between the Catholic and Protestant areas of West Belfast, Northern Ireland. The lengthy Northern Irish guerrilla war over the province’s constitutional status saw more than 3,500 people lose their lives in bombings, indiscriminate …

MATTHEW MIRABELLI | AFP | Getty Images Children place cards and flowers at an informal memorial site as thousands gather during a national rally to demand justice for murdered Maltese journalist and anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia in the island’s capital Valletta on October 22, 2017. Caruana Galizia, 53, was …

Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of the closing bell, November 30, 2017 in New York City. U.S. stock index futures pointed to a strong positive open on Monday, as sentiment was boosted by …

Alexander Koerner/Getty Images Left-wing protesters clash with police forces outside the Hannover Congress Centrum (HCC) prior to today’s AfD federal congress on December 2, 2017 in Hanover, Germany. The AfD won 12.6% of the vote in German federal elections last September, making it the first right-wing party to win Bundestag …

KCNA | Reuters North Korea said the new missile reached an altitude of about 4,475 km (2,780 miles) – more than 10 times the height of the International Space Station – and flew 950 km (590 miles) during its 53-minute flight. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday that …