The country has reported its first quarterly budget surplus since 2014.
The Bank of Korea said on Thursday that the South Korean economy likely contracted by 0.3% on a quarterly basis for the January to March period this year.
The energy sector in the Middle East and North Africa looks set for almost $1 trillion in investment over the next five years.
Gordon Bethune, former CEO and chairman of Continental Airlines, and Dryden Pence, chief investment officer of Pence Wealth Management, join "Squawk Box" to discuss Boeing's first quarter earnings report.
CNBC's Phil LeBeau breaks down Boeing's quarterly earnings results and revised 2019 guidance.
Fink said the press was playing a good role in addressing issues in the Middle East.
International investors flocked to lend money to Saudi Arabia's hugely profitable state-owned oil company earlier this month.
Saudi Arabia has beheaded 37 Saudi citizens, most of them minority Shiites, in a mass execution across the country for alleged terrorism-related crimes.
Critics fear the move will cement his authoritarian rule eight years after a pro-democracy uprising.
Kushner declined to say if the plan would call for a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine.
Analysts at Barclays said Monday that approximately 20% of all the sea-borne crude and condensates passes through the Strait of Hormuz.
Buckingham Palace announces that President Trump has accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to visit the U.K.
Devastating Easter bombings in Sri Lanka were retaliation for recent deadly attacks on mosques in New Zealand, a Sri Lankan official said on Tuesday, adding that two domestic Islamist groups were believed to have been behind Sunday's blasts.
Human trafficking from Central America to the U.S. brought smugglers up to $2.3 billion in 2017, but cartels may not be the big culprits, Rand reports.
A fifth-grade student at an exclusive private school in Washington, D.C., and a Denver man on a business trip were among the U.S. residents killed in the Sri Lanka Easter attacks, a media report and the man's employer said on Monday.
CNBC's "Power Lunch" team talks about how Sri Lanka has suspended social media use after deadly terror attacks, with Andrew Selepak, director of social media at University of Florida, and CNBC's Julia Boorstin.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the attack on two churches and four hotels in Sri Lanka, which resulted in 290 dead and over 500 injured.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the central Philippines on Monday, the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) said, and a Reuters witness said office buildings swayed in the main business district of the capital, Manila.
Ukraine entered uncharted political waters on Monday after near final results showed a comedian with no political experience and few detailed policies had dramatically up-ended the status quo and won the country's presidential election by a landslide.
"The U.S. Embassy is working tirelessly to provide all possible assistance to the American citizens affected by the attacks and their families," Pompeo said.
European companies "would love to be more involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, but we need a little bit more information," said European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic.
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation on Korean peninsula with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday.
The Bank of Korea said on Thursday that the South Korean economy likely contracted by 0.3% on a quarterly basis for the January to March period this year.
3M dropped after the company reported earnings that were much lower than analysts expected. The company also slashed its full-year outlook.
U.S. government debt yields were little changed Thursday following latest jobless claims numbers.
European stocks moved lower on Thursday, as market participants monitored another deluge of corporate earnings.
Turkey's troubled lira fell by as much as 1.5% Thursday to its lowest level since October.
The Druzhba pipeline can ship up to 1 million barrels per day (bpd), according to data sourced by Reuters — approximately 1% of global demand.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended a provocative decision to grant Russian passports to the rebel-held regions in east Ukraine, saying he doesn't see what the problem is.
European companies "would love to be more involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, but we need a little bit more information," said European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic.
The Bank of Korea said on Thursday that the South Korean economy likely contracted by 0.3% on a quarterly basis for the January to March period this year.
"We were just about ready to start again, on another hotel ... and now look at what's happened," said Ho Kwon Ping, executive chairman of Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts.
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