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Global treaty to take aim at workplace harassment 31 May 2018 - 11:44 pm
Me too on the hand of a protester during a gathering on the Place de la Republique square in Paris on October 29, 2017. (AFP / Bertrand Guay)
Women 'don't fit' or want 'the hassle' of being in the boardroom, UK bosses say 31 May 2018 - 09:43 pm
Diversity in the workplace has come under scrutiny since the introduction of a law last year requiring employers with more than 250 workers to report their gender pay gap each year. (Reuters / Eddie Keogh)
Turkish lira recovery stalls after three-day streak, eyes turn to inflation 31 May 2018 - 03:04 pm
An employee of a foreign exchange office counts and checks Turkish lira banknotes with a machine in the centre of Ankara on May 25, 2018. / AFP / ADEM ALTAN
Europe expects to be hit by US tariffs on steel and aluminum 31 May 2018 - 01:00 am
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General Angel Gurria, French President Emmanuel Macron, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite and Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos pose for a family photo with heads of dele
Bank Indonesia's new governor stamps his mark with rate hike 31 May 2018 - 12:51 am
Bank Indonesia's new governor, Perry Warjiyo, speaks at a media briefing at Bank Indonesia headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 30, 2018. Reuters/Willy Kurniawan
EU industry lobby adds to pressure on Britain over Brexit talks 31 May 2018 - 12:43 am
Frans van Houten, Chief Executive Officer of Philips, Carl-Henric Svanberg Chairman of BP, Svein Richard Brandtzaeg, Chief Executive Officer of Norsk Hydro, and Paul Bulcke, Chairman of Nestle SA, leave 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, May 30, 2018.
Kenya's president vows to recover stolen millions 30 May 2018 - 04:40 pm
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta
‘Toxic Mega-Merger’: Bayer wins US approval for Monsanto after two-year quest 30 May 2018 - 12:58 am
Combo of file photos shows the logo of German pharmaceutical giant Bayer (Left, on September 8, 2016 in Leverkusen) and the logo of Monsanto at it's Belgian manufacturing site and operations centre (on May 24, 2016 in Lillo near Antwerp). AFP / Patrik Sto
Canada to buy Kinder Morgan oil pipeline in bid to save project 30 May 2018 - 12:58 am
Canada's Finance Minister Bill Morneau listens to a question during a news conference about the state of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 29, 2018. Reuters/Chris Wattie
Italian turmoil hits global markets, sending stocks plunging 30 May 2018 - 12:32 am
The meeting between designated Prime Minister Carlo Cottarelli (R) and Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome on May 29, 2018. AFP / Paolo Giandotti / Italian Presidency press office
Serge Dassault, French aviation industrialist, dies at 93 29 May 2018 - 01:26 am
French Senator Serge Dassault, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Group, leaves after a meeting with politicians in Paris, France, November 22, 2016. Reuters/Charles Platiau
Brazil takes stock of a week-long strike and it's not pretty 29 May 2018 - 01:26 am
President Michel Temer (L), and his Finance Minister Eduardo Guardia, during a meeting to discuss on the measures to be taken regarding the nation-wide truck drivers' strike, at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on May 27, 2018. AFP/ Brazilian Presidency
Malaysia axes project to build high-speed rail link with Singapore 29 May 2018 - 01:26 am
Mahathir Mohamad
EU ends antitrust case against Gazprom without fines 25 May 2018 - 01:37 am
European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager addresses a news conference on the investigation into Gazprom, at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 22, 2015. Reuters/Yves Herman
Deutsche Bank to cut thousands of staff in investment bank revamp 24 May 2018 - 12:19 pm
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Comcast challenges Disney for control of 21st Century Fox assets 24 May 2018 - 12:28 am

In this file photo taken on April 25, 2018 a Comcast sign is seen on a truck in Miami, Florida. US cable operator Comcast said May 23, 2018 it is preparing an all-cash offer to beat out Disney for the purchase of 21st Century Fox assets up for sale.  AF
Foxconn says no changes planned for Wisconsin project 24 May 2018 - 12:22 am
Visitors are seen at a Foxconn booth at the World Intelligence Congress in Tianjin, China May 19, 2018. Picture taken May 19, 2018. Reuters/Stringer
African start-ups draw interest after slow start 24 May 2018 - 12:13 am
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