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Death and debt: ethical companies find ways to tackle funeral poverty 03 Dec 2019 - 06:10 pm
A scene of wreath walks at the Greenville Avenue Church of Christ for a funeral service on September 13, 2018, in Richardson, Texas. Stewart F House / Getty Images / AFP
Trading water: Can water shares help save California's aquifers? 03 Dec 2019 - 09:11 am
US Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue uses a pole to pick an avocado as he visits the Rancho Guejito Avocado farm in Escondido, California, US, July 15, 2019. Reuters/Mike Blake
Upwork economist outlines skills sought in freelance workers 02 Dec 2019 - 10:03 pm
They want workers fluent in the computer programming language TypeScript and the software framework .NET Core. But they also favor softer skills, like good grammar and efficient bookkeeping  (AFP)
China’s climate paradox: A leader in coal and clean energy 02 Dec 2019 - 10:03 pm
Wind turbines and solar panels are seen at a wind and solar power plant by State Power Investment Corporation in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, October 29, 2018. Reuters
Tech aims to predict problems on power lines before disaster 02 Dec 2019 - 10:03 pm
Crews work to restore power after Hurricane Barry in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, July 14, 2019. Reuters / Jonathan Bachman
Lagarde says ECB will be ‘resolute’ on inflation mandate 02 Dec 2019 - 10:03 pm
Christine Lagarde said the European Central Bank will be
Off the radar: US CEOs' jet perks add millions to corporate tax bills 02 Dec 2019 - 10:03 pm
The cockpit of Jet. (Reuters file photo / Abhirup Roy)
What to watch as top polluter heads to global climate talks 02 Dec 2019 - 10:03 pm
Chinese women wear masks on a heavily polluted day in Beijing on January 1, 2017. AFP / Greg Baker
WTO rejects EU bid to stop US tariffs over Airbus 02 Dec 2019 - 06:40 pm
The World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva (AFP)
United States asks UK to extradite ex-Autonomy boss Lynch from UK 01 Dec 2019 - 09:53 pm
British entrepreneur Mike Lynch leaves the High Court in London, Britain March 25, 2019. Reuters/Henry Nicholls
Macau gaming revenue drops as casinos face worst year since 2016 01 Dec 2019 - 07:10 pm
Representative image (Reuters)
Dutch supermarket drops staff underwear photo request 27 Nov 2019 - 09:59 pm
A logo of Albert Heijn is seen at the entrance of the shop operated by Ahold Delhaize, the Dutch-Belgian supermarket operator, in Eindhoven, Netherlands, January 23, 2019. Reuters/Eva Plevier
NATO gives Boeing $1 bln deal to upgrade AWACS reconnaissance planes 27 Nov 2019 - 07:18 pm
The Boeing logo at Chicago headquarters. (Reuters / Jim Young)
Virtual goldmine: In-game goods fuel debate over digital ownership 26 Nov 2019 - 10:45 pm
A gamer plays a cloud-based coputer game of Project X Cloud of Microsoft during Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, August 21, 2019. Reuters / Wolfgang Rattay
Red Cross boosts disaster-prone communities with blockchain 'cash' 26 Nov 2019 - 10:42 pm
A collection of old Nokia mobile phones is pictured in this file photo illustration, May 8, 2012. Reuters / Kacper Pempel
Brexit trade deadline ‘very demanding,’ Irish finance chief says 26 Nov 2019 - 05:20 pm
Every day 50 tonnes of mushrooms are shipped across the Irish Sea to the big UK supermarket chains. (Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters)
Colorado blizzard shuts roads, cancels flights on one of busiest travel days in US 26 Nov 2019 - 05:20 pm
File photo of a snow storm in Boston, February 9, 2017. Reuters / Brian Snyder
eWTP in Addis Ababa 26 Nov 2019 - 12:00 am
Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed (C,L) and Jack Ma (C,R), co-founder and former executive chair of Chinese Alibaba Group, attend the ceremony to sign a memorandum to establish the electronic world trade platform (eWTP) in Addis Ababa, on November 25, 2