Escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea have highlighted similarities between President Donald Trump and another political heavyweight: Vladimir Putin, according to one leading political analyst. The U.S. president has been accused of responding with undue aggression to continued threats from North Korea and its expanding military arsenal. Charles Hecker, a senior partner at […]
Read moreAmitabh Bachchan is an Indian movie legend who has been called “the undisputed Godfather of Bollywood” and is also known as “Big B,” having starred in almost 200 films. Aged 74, he is still prolific, with three movies coming out in 2017 alone. And he has credited the home of Indian movies, Mumbai, as a […]
Read moreChina’s steel prices are rising, and the government is getting worried about striking the right balance on the markets. China, the world’s largest steel producer, has been working to tackle overcapacity in the sector, as the government seeks to find economic growth outside of heavy industry and manufacturing, The cutbacks also come amid long-time claims […]
Read moreAs lenders in China release their financial report cards this month, investors can expect clearer signs on how well banks in the world’s second-largest economy are holding up against a government-led clamp down on swelling debt. The health of the Chinese banking sector is closely-watched as lenders hold more than 90 percent of total financial […]
Read moreThe two-year-old U.S. diplomatic relationship with Cuba was roiled Wednesday by what U.S. officials say was a string of bizarre incidents that left a group of American diplomats in Havana with severe hearing loss attributed to a covert sonic device. In the fall of 2016, a series of U.S. diplomats began suffering unexplained losses of […]
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