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Annual profits tumble on restructuring as British retailer Marks & Spencer to shut over 100 stores 24 May 2018 - 12:02 am
Pedestrians walk past a Marks and Spencer (M&S) shop in central London on May 23, 2018.  AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
Airbus says obeying WTO subsidy verdict as sanctions loom 22 May 2018 - 11:57 pm
Flight test engineers drive the Airbus A320neo (New Engine Option) after its first flight in Colomiers near Toulouse, southwestern France, September 25, 2014. Reuters/Regis Duvignau
Households robbed of £900 since Brexit: central bank 22 May 2018 - 11:30 pm
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, speaks at Parliament's Treasury Committe in London, Britain, May 22, 2018. Parliament TV handout via Reuters
Wall St rises on trade war truce; industrials lead 21 May 2018 - 10:24 pm
U.S. stocks rallied on Monday after the United States and China put their trade differences
Top executives at India's fraud-hit PNB misled central bank, police allege 21 May 2018 - 09:13 pm
A pigeon flies past the logo of Punjab National Bank outside a branch of the bank in New Delhi, India, February 15, 2018. (Reuters / Adnan Abidi)
Trump's bonfire of the treaties sweeps towards the WTO 21 May 2018 - 10:02 am
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump holds a signed memorandum on intellectual property tariffs on high-tech goods from China, at the White House in Washington, US March 22, 2018. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
US, China putting trade war on hold after progress in talks 21 May 2018 - 12:39 am
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin holds a press conference during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, DC in this file photo taken on April 21, 2018.  AFP / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds
Maritime flying taxi 21 May 2018 - 12:39 am
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Insect ambassadors: Honeybees buzz on Berlin cathedral 21 May 2018 - 12:39 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin following their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia May 18, 2018. Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin
Sri Lanka warns of looming foreign debt crisis 21 May 2018 - 12:39 am
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Italy's Populists Agree on a Premier Amid French Warning on Euro 21 May 2018 - 12:39 am
LG patriarch Koo Bon-moo who built business empire over 23 years dies at 73 21 May 2018 - 12:13 am
LG Group chairman Koo Bon-moo is seen in this undated handout photo provided by LG Group on May 20, 2018. LG Group/Handout via Reuters
Toyota chief hopes to help Japan automakers keep tech edge 19 May 2018 - 12:12 am
Newly appointed Chairman of Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) Akio Toyoda (C) who is also President of Toyota Motor Corp., and vice chairmen representing Japan's automobile manufacturers pose for a photograph after a news conference in Tok
Can Serbian cabbage and Turkish figs win the geographical indications label? 18 May 2018 - 10:52 pm
Fig and dried fruit salsa with a turkey burger and house made whole wheat pita bread prepared by chef Christine Denney at Oaks at Ojai (Reuters)
Greenpeace cuts ties with Indonesian paper firm linked to deforestation 18 May 2018 - 09:46 pm
An aerial view of a deforested plot of the Amazon at the Bom Futuro National Forest in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 3, 2015. Reuters/Nacho Doce
Coal-reliant Philippines struggles to power up clean energy 18 May 2018 - 09:46 pm
Elpidio dela Cruz, 62, stands in a graveyard adjacent to a 140 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Barangay Lamao in Limay, Bataan, northern Philippines, January 18, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Alanah Torralba
Why Turkey and Argentina are the main emerging market weak links 18 May 2018 - 08:35 pm
A money changer counts Turkish lira bills at an currency exchange office in central Istanbul, August 21, 2015. (Reuters / Murad Sezer)
Trump's bonfire of the treaties sweeps towards the WTO 18 May 2018 - 08:35 pm
The World Trade Organization WTO headquarters in Geneva (AFP)