China-USA relations may have reached a turning point — and not for the better

Things may have turned for the worse between the United States and China. Even before an increasingly dangerous North Korea exposed divisions between the world’s two biggest economies, the relationship between the U.S. and China was already souring. And the...

Qatari business leaders say they are confident — despite raging Gulf dispute

Several Gulf nations involved in the diplomatic freeze against Qatar may have doubled down on their list of demands, but the CEO of the Qatar Financial Centre put on a brave face in an interview with CNBC. His country, he said, has weathered worse economic conditions...