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Renault, Fiat Chrysler in talks on alliance: sources 26 May 2019 - 03:18 pm
FILE PHOTO: A FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) logo is displayed on March 6, 2019 during a press day ahead of the Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva.  AFP / Harold CUNNINGHAM
Taiwan's growth, rising wages may not keep Tsai in power 24 May 2019 - 09:46 pm
Taiwan president-elect Tsai Ing-wen attends an event in New Taipei City, March 18, 2016. Reuters/Tyrone Siu
China's tech 'Long March' could be road to nowhere 24 May 2019 - 09:46 pm
Chinese government propaganda app 'Xuexi Qiangguo' which literally translates as 'Study to make China strong' is seen on a mobile phone in this picture taken on February 18, 2019. Reuters/Tingshu Wang
China ramps up war of rhetoric in trade standoff with US 24 May 2019 - 09:46 pm
There was no word from either side on progress toward resuming talks between the world's two largest economies, though President Donald Trump said he expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, next month at a G-20 meeting in Japan.
World faces "clear and present danger" from trade war esclation 24 May 2019 - 09:46 pm
A view of World Trade Center before its topping off ceremony, June 23, 2016 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
China has more weapons in US tariff war - but do they work? 24 May 2019 - 09:46 pm
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Dressing 'kings' with Italy's luxury czar Stefano Ricci 23 May 2019 - 11:30 pm
Italian luxury designer Stefano Ricci (C) poses with his sons Niccolo (R) and Filippo, during a preview of his Spring/Summer 2020 collection, at 'Reggia di Caserta', a UNESCO world heritage site and one of the great Royal Palaces of Europe, in Caserta nea
Public housing in Equatorial Guinea a mirage for the poorest 23 May 2019 - 10:58 pm
A picture taken on May 8, 2019 shows housing estates in the Malabo II neighbourhood of Malabo.  AFP / Samuel Obiang
China says door open to trade talks, but slams tech controls 23 May 2019 - 02:52 pm
People walk past a Huawei retail store in Beijing on May 23, 2019.  AFP / FRED DUFOUR
Bernie Sanders revives plan to tax stock, bond and derivatives trades 22 May 2019 - 10:35 pm
Bernie Sanders holds a town hall event at the Navajo Nation casino in Flagstaff, Arizona, March 17, 2016. Reuters/Nancy Wiechec
Nike’s latest sneakers are only available in Fortnite 22 May 2019 - 10:35 pm
Nike shoes are seen in a shop in Rome, Italy, March 30, 2016. Reuters/Max Rossi
US judge says Qualcomm violated antitrust law; appeal planned, shares plunge 22 May 2019 - 10:34 pm
Morocco set to reintroduce customs duty on soft wheat 22 May 2019 - 10:10 pm
A man holds wheat at the grain silos in Cairo, Egypt, October 4, 2017. Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Fed's patience on interest rates to last 'for some time' 22 May 2019 - 09:21 pm
This file photo taken on August 9, 2011 shows the US Federal Reserve building in Washington (AFP)
Venezuelan migrants may be making Peru central bank's job easier 22 May 2019 - 09:21 pm
A cashier counts Venezuelan bolivar notes in a state-run supermarket in Caracas January 9, 2015. Reuters / Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Fifteen Cornwall head vows to go on as Jamie Oliver's restaurants close 21 May 2019 - 11:23 pm
Pedestrians stand outside the locked doors of a closed-down Jamie's Italian restaurant in Manchester, northern England on May 21, 2019. AFP / Paul Ellis
US push to capture carbon fuses green and fossil-fuel interests 21 May 2019 - 11:23 pm
Environmentalists and fossil fuel industry representatives made for strange bedfellows this week as they convened outside the U.S. ski town of Jackson, Wyoming, to strategize on ways to get commercial CCS off the ground across the United States.
British MP urges law to protect new mums from redundancy 21 May 2019 - 11:23 pm
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE:  Colombian medical doctor of the San Raffaele hospital ship, Durley Maya, checks a pregnant woman at a classroom improvised as office in Isla Mono, in the San Juan river, Choco department, Colombia, on April 23, 2019.  AFP / Raul Arb