Lintao Zhang | Pool | Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the Great Hall of the People on October 25, 2017 in Beijing, China. China’s largely rubber-stamp parliament on Saturday unanimously re-elected Xi Jinping as thecountry’s president. The vote was witnessed by journalists inside central Beijing’s Great Hall …

Getty Images A picture shows the messages ‘#Me too’ and #Balancetonporc (‘expose your pig’) on the hand of a protester during a gathering against gender-based and sexual violence called by the Effronte-e-s Collective, on the Place de la Republique square in Paris on October 29, 2017. In a note, Sam …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A military aide carries the so-called “nuclear football,” which contains launch codes for the U.S. nuclear arsenal and which travels with the sitting U.S. president, to depart with U.S. President Donald Trump for travel to Utah from the White House in Washington, U.S. December 4, 2017. …

Mike Blake | Reuters Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reacts during a press conference after attending the Franchise Expo West in Los Angeles, California, November 2, 2017. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tweeted a photo with Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday, emphasizing Apple’s recent jobs announcement. The photo depicts the two …

Tom Munnecke | Getty Images Steve Jobs, left, and Steve Wozniak in 1977 A one-page job application filled out by Steve Jobs more than four decades ago that reflected the Apple founder’s technology aspirations sold for $174,000 at a U.S. auction, more than three times its pre-sale estimate. An Internet …

Dominick Reuter | AFP | Getty Images David Shulkin, Under Secretary for the US Department of Veterans Affairs. In February, the IG’s office issued a damning report blasting Shulkin for telling a subordinate to handle personal travel plans for him and his wife during an official trip to Denmark and …

Wikus de Wet | AFP | Getty Images South African President Jacob Zuma speaks in Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 15, 2017, on the eve of the ANC’s 54th National Conference. Former South African President Jacob Zuma is to face corruption charges for a 30 billion rand ($2.5 billion) arms …

Netflix stock is set for even more gains with budding interest from consumers in Asia, RBC Capital Markets advised clients on Thursday. Top technology analyst Mark Mahaney told clients that the firm’s research in Japan and other Asian nations revealed a growing willingness by consumers to pay for premium content. …

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Newly sworn-in White House Chief of Staff John Kelly looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2017. White House chief of staff John Kelly met with administration staff on Friday morning to reassure them …

Worries of escalating trade wars could be a longer term negative for the dollar, even as the currency gets a temporary lift ahead of the Fed’s meeting next week. The dollar is seeing some support as the markets anticipate that the Fed will raise interest rates by a quarter-point next …