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Grain banks in India open their doors as a 'stop gap' to combat slavery 20 Sep 2018 - 08:41 pm
A farmer smokes while sitting on sacks of paddy crops as he waits for customers in Sanand village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, November 15, 2016. Reuters
'Social business cities' could ease urban growing pains, Nobel laureate says 20 Sep 2018 - 08:37 pm
Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus speaks during an interview in Hong Kong, China September 20, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/ Beh Lih Yi
Lira edges higher before Turkey unveils three-year economic plan 20 Sep 2018 - 02:25 pm
100 Turkish Lira. Mohammed Elshamy - Anadolu
Global goal to end poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met: World Bank 19 Sep 2018 - 08:39 pm
Two homeless men on the pavement in Paris on September 14, 2018. AFP / Joel Saget
Canada minister wears 'Keep calm and negotiate NAFTA' to Washington talks 19 Sep 2018 - 07:59 pm
The minister was spotted at the Ottawa airport late Tuesday sporting the white shirt as she walked to the gate to catch her flight. A photo was posted on Twitter. Photo coutesy: ctvnews.ca
In Hong Kong, disposable fashion gets a recycled makeover 18 Sep 2018 - 08:54 pm
A view of a display of clothing made from yarn from recycled textiles at the Novetex Upcycling Factory in Hong Kong's Tai Po Industrial Estate, September 2018. Credit: Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA)
Apple escapes China tariff hit for now, but threats loom 18 Sep 2018 - 05:56 pm
Apple logo.  AFP / JUSTIN SULLIVAN
China calls for borderless research to promote AI development 17 Sep 2018 - 11:09 pm
(L to R) Microsoft Executive Vice President of Technology and Research Harry Shum, Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma and Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Raj Reddy attend the main forum of the World Artificial Intelligence
ECB unveils higher security €100 and €200 notes 17 Sep 2018 - 11:09 pm
New 100 and 200 euro banknotes are displayed in Vienna, Austria, September 17, 2018. Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader
UK economy will shrink without Brexit deal, IMF warns 17 Sep 2018 - 11:08 pm
Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, and IMF Deputy Director Philip Gerson, talk to the media at a news conference to mark the publication of the 2018 Article IV assessment of the UK at the Treasury in London, Britain, S
New Air France-KLM chief vows to invest half of salary in airline 17 Sep 2018 - 11:08 pm
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How Jack Ma made rich capitalists acceptable in Communist China 17 Sep 2018 - 11:08 pm
A sign of Alibaba Group is seen during the third annual World Internet Conference in Wuzhen town of Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China, November 16, 2016. Reuters / Aly Song
Wet weather brings rise in tick-related cattle deaths in Zimbabwe 17 Sep 2018 - 08:57 pm
Cattle walk near Zimunya, in Zimbabwe's Manicaland province, June 20, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Andrew Mambondiyani
US aims to start LNG deliveries to Germany in four years - Bild 17 Sep 2018 - 09:54 am
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Credit Suisse heralds calmer years ahead as overhaul ends 17 Sep 2018 - 01:33 am
Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam of Swiss bank Credit Suisse awaits a news conference to present the company's full-year results, in Zurich, Switzerland, February 14, 2018. Reuters/Moritz Hager
Macron draws fire with career advice to young job-seeker 17 Sep 2018 - 12:42 am
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech on poverty to social aid workers in Paris, France, September 13, 2018. Picture taken September 13, 2018. Michel Euler/Pool via Reuters
HNA’s container sale is a bet on Trump’s trade wars 17 Sep 2018 - 12:42 am
In this file photo taken on July 12, 2018 shipping containers, including those from COSCO, a Chinese state-owned shipping and logistics company await transportation on a rail line at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California.  AFP / Frederic J BROW
UK opposition says big London banks must never again be 'masters of the economy' 17 Sep 2018 - 12:42 am
The Labour Party's shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, John McDonnell, delivers a speech outside the Royal Exchange, opposite the Bank of England in the City in London, Britain September 15, 2018. Reuters/Hannah McKay