President Donald Trump announced a new round of tariffs on Chinese goods Monday night.
The Russian defense ministry blamed Israel for the crash, saying the plane was caught in the crossfire as four Israeli fighters attacked targets in northwestern Syria.
More people are being born in the world's poorest countries, which could halt the decline in the number of extremely poor people and possibly even cause the number to increase, Bill and Melinda Gates wrote in their second "Goalkeepers" report.
Those tariffs will rise to 25 percent at the end of the year as Trump escalates a trade conflict with the world's second-largest economy.
A mummified wolf pup and caribou believed to have walked Earth over 50,000 years ago were discovered with tissue and fur intact, USA Today reports.
A drawn-out bidding war for one of the entertainment industry's most coveted assets will be decided by a sealed bids auction, unless there is a best-and-final offer by the end of the week.
President Donald Trump is looking to impose 10 percent tariffs Chinese imports, below the 25 percent level previously floated by the administration.
As the U.S. and China weigh their next steps on trade, the CEO of Lenovo is calling on both countries to work out their differences.
The Abu Dhabi-based alternative investment firm is among more than a dozen bidders seeking to buy the bulk of Abraaj's private equity funds.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are scheduled to hold a third summit next week in Pyongyang.
"We will have new easing (of capital controls) very soon," Euclid Tsakalotos was quoted as saying in an interview with Naftemporiki newspaper.
The ministers said they were "stepping up the dialogue" on international trade disputes, according to the statement issued at the summit.
The founder and chairman of JD Wetherspoon believes Bank of England Governor (BOE) Mark Carney is "completely wrong" over the potential impact of a chaotic no-deal Brexit.
A member of a Russian group that opposes Putin is in "serious condition" in the hospital after a suspected poisoning, The Financial Times reports.
As home to most of the oil production facilities for OPEC's second-largest producer, Basra in crisis could have a material impact on oil output and prices, analysts say.
Two Russians appeared on state television on Thursday, saying they had been wrongly accused by Britain of trying to murder a former Russian spy and his daughter in England and that they had visited Salisbury in March for tourism.
A video of a small, dead rat — boiled, gelatinous and with its stunned arms outstretched — fished out of a vat of bubbling broth has shocked China, and sent shares of a popular restaurant chain plummeting, The New York Times reports.
Despite fears of disruptions to global oil supplies and curbs on production, major oil producing group OPEC sees global oil supplies as fine – it's demand that should be worrying people.
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary reportedly said Wednesday that the risk of a no-deal Brexit grounding flights across Europe is being "underestimated."
Brazil's most popular politician, imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, on Tuesday ended his legal battle to run for the top office in next month's election.
Hans Redeker also claimed the market is failing to understand the impact of the Federal Reserve unwinding its balance sheet.
The Chinese Commerce Ministry has said the country has no choice but to retaliate against the latest round of U.S. tariffs in order to safeguard its rights and interest in a free trade world.
A project's ability to generate strong economic returns should be the biggest determining factor for governments, says Joachim von Amsberg, vice president of policy and strategy at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Beijing retaliated by slapping duties on approximately $60 billion of U.S. goods after the Washington imposed tariffs on about $200 billion of Chinese imports.
Stocks rose on Tuesday as the latest tariffs on U.S. and Chinese goods are not as bad as previously feared. Strong gains in tech also lifted the broader market.
Oil firmed on Tuesday on signs that OPEC would not be prepared to raise output to address shrinking supplies from Iran and as Saudi Arabia signalled it was in no rush to bring prices down.
European stocks were muted at the market close on Tuesday, as investors mulled over the recent announcements from the U.S. and China in their tit-for-tat trade war.
Allianz CEO Oliver Bäte reflects on the problems that Europe faces today and discusses whether it's a result of the 2008 global financial crisis.
The Bank of Thailand is likely to keep interest rates on hold this week, according to strategists who spoke to CNBC.
Those tariffs will rise to 25 percent at the end of the year as Trump escalates a trade conflict with the world's second-largest economy.
Michael Froman, now Mastercard's vice chairman and president for strategic growth, discussed the current state of global trade with CNBC on Saturday at the annual Singapore Summit.
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