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Eden Project seeks to 'breathe new life' into former Australian mine 21 May 2019 - 11:23 pm
The current site of the former Alcoa coalmine the Eden Project plans to develop in Victoria, Australia. Undated. Handout photo courtesy of the Eden Project
US sanctions on Huawei bite, but who gets hurt? 21 May 2019 - 12:25 am
Small toy figures are seen in front of a displayed Huawei and 5G network logo in this illustration picture, March 30, 2019. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
Mineral misery: Vietnam salt farmers battered by imports, climate 20 May 2019 - 11:20 pm
This photograph taken on April 22, 2019 shows workers harvesting salt in southern Vietnam's Hon Khoi salt fields. AFP / Manan Vatsyayana
Google says services on Huawei phones still will function 20 May 2019 - 02:27 pm
A Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing on May 20, 2019. US internet giant Google, whose Android mobile operating system powers most of the world's smartphones, said it was beginning to cut ties with China's Huawei, which Washington consid
Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist 19 May 2019 - 08:34 pm
Google will stop providing any technical support and collaboration for Android and Google services to Huawei going forward, the source said.
Huawei will not bow to US pressure: founder 19 May 2019 - 02:54 pm
A Huawei logo is seen at an exhibition during the World Intelligence Congress in Tianjin, China May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Singapore Airlines profit plunges as fuel costs surge 16 May 2019 - 02:57 pm
FILE PHOTO: An Airbus A380-800 aircraft of Singapore Airlines takes off from Zurich airport, April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Clashing tribes and shrinking grassland as Kenyan airport sparks property boom 15 May 2019 - 12:34 am
A worker constructing a road in Isiolo town, northern Kenya, March 23, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kagondu Njagi
As risks rise, too little is spent to avert disasters, say UN and Red Cross 15 May 2019 - 12:34 am
An helicopter throws water over a fire at a tire dump near a residential development in Sesena south of Madrid, May 13, 2016 Reuters/Sergio Perez
Zimbabwe farmers venture into vegetables to outsmart poor rains 15 May 2019 - 12:33 am
Horticulture farmer Prosper Chikwara walks through his green pepper field under irrigation outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, February 25, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Busani Bafana
Cannes ups the glamour with $1 billion facelift 14 May 2019 - 09:31 pm
Employees vaccum the red carpet after guests and film cast and crews arrived for the screening of the film
Uganda shakes up electricity access amid global infrastructure reset 14 May 2019 - 09:31 pm
A photo taken from above by a drone shows solar panels on a rooftop in a Ugandan village. /SunFunder/Solar Now
Bayer's $2 billion roundup damages boost pressure to settle 14 May 2019 - 08:31 pm
French farmer Nicolas Denieul sprays Roundup 720 glyphosate herbicide produced by US agrochemical giant Monsanto, on a field of no-till corn in Piace, northwestern France on May 11, 2018, AFP / Jean-Francois Monier
Blockbuster buy to lawsuit flood: controversies surrounding Bayer, Monsanto 14 May 2019 - 08:31 pm
In this file photo taken on March 21, 2019, French farmer Fabien Denis sprays glyphosate herbicide made by the Monsanto agrochemical giant, roundup, to prepare a cornfield to be sowed in Saint-Leonard-des-Bois, northwestern France. AFP / Jean-Francois Mon
Bayer nears 7-year low after $2 bn award in Roundup trial 14 May 2019 - 08:30 pm
Activists stage a flash protest organised by the international movement 'Attac' at the offices of Bayer -which recently acquired Monsanto- in La Garenne Colombes near the financial district of La Defence on the outskirts of Paris on March 14, 2019. AFP/ P
Trump tweets optimism on China trade, lines up new US tariffs 14 May 2019 - 05:20 pm
US President Donald Trump waves as he walks to Marine One prior to departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, May 8, 2019. (file photo / AFP / SAUL LOEB)
Monsanto ordered to pay $2 bn in new Roundup trial 14 May 2019 - 12:47 am
Glyphosate was first used in the 1970s as the active ingredient in the Monsanto herbicide Roundup and is now made generically around the world. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)
Cory Booker's tech startup failed but industry ties lasted 13 May 2019 - 11:45 pm
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers annual legislative conference May 7, 2019 in Washington, DC.  Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP