Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images A BP company logo at a gas station in London, U.K. British energy company BP expects a positive impact on future post-tax earnings from the United States after the changes to U.S. corporate taxes, it said on Tuesday. The U.S. House of Representatives …

Carl Court | Getty Images News | Getty Images An employee works on an engine production line at a Ford factory on January 13, 2015 in Dagenham, England. Euro zone manufacturers ended 2017 by ramping up activity at the fastest pace in more than two decades, a survey showed on …

Matthew Lloyd | Bloomberg | Getty Images Richard Cousins, chief executive officer of Compass Group Plc, gestures during an interview in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. The U.K. economy grew faster than estimated in the second quarter, extending a recovery from a recession that was not as severe …

Korea Pool | Getty Images North Korean soldiers look at South next to a spot where a North Korean defected crossing the border as South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo visits on Nov. 27, 2017 in Panmunjom, South Korea. South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myong-gyon offered on Tuesday high-ranking government …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping leave after an opera performance at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, November 8, 2017. “One of these two outcomes is pretty likely so what comes out of that is all sorts of things: trade complications, cold wars …

JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images A South Korean television news broadcast showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s New Year’s speech on January 1, 2018. On Monday, dictator Kim Jong Un said in a televised speech that he would consider sending a delegation to the upcoming games, which will be held in the …

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks about the tax reform legislation in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, DC, December 13, 2017. It’s now 2018, and a raft of changes to the tax code are in effect – including updates to income …

Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Jerusalem from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 6, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States has “foolishly” handed Pakistan more than $33 billion …

Faisal Al Nasser | Reuters A man holds a nozzle at a petrol station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 8, 2017. Saudi Arabia was set to raise local gasoline prices on Monday, state news agency SPA reported. The initiative, aimed at more efficient energy use, coincides with an ambitious reform …

Stringer | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images People gather to protest over high cost of living in Tehran, Iran on December 30, 2017. At least 12 people have been killed in the ongoing protests in Iran, and armed protesters have tried to take over police stations and military bases, state …