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One year in, Mahathir gets mixed result on Malaysian economy 09 May 2019 - 09:46 pm
Mahathir Mohamad celebrates with other leaders of his coalition during a press conference following the 14th general elections in Kuala Lumpur on early May 10, 2018. AFP / Manan Vatsyayana
Chinese companies brace for tariff hike as trade talks begin 09 May 2019 - 03:18 pm
FILE PHOTO: A US cargo ship berthing at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province.  China OUT / AFP
Trump 'happy' to keep tariffs on Chinese goods; Beijing prepares retaliation 09 May 2019 - 12:59 am
Trump, who has embraced largely protectionist policies as part of his
Waymo at 1,000 riders: the self-driving frontrunner inches forward 09 May 2019 - 12:59 am
Waymo unveils a self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, January 8, 2017. Reuters/Brendan McDermid
Top China trade negotiator to visit US as tariffs threat looms 07 May 2019 - 09:47 am
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, right, gestures as U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, center, chats with his Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, left, before they proceed to their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Wednesday, May
Fact Check: Trump's fallacious tariff tale 06 May 2019 - 11:18 pm
Donald Trump exits Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on May 13, 2017. AFP/Olivier Douliery
Trade threats press China to change or suffer consequences 06 May 2019 - 08:36 pm
Danish social enterprise manufactures self-esteem for disabled 06 May 2019 - 08:34 pm
Lars Holstein, in a wheelchair, (left) and Jeanett Dian Amonsen (right), employees at Huset Venture, a Danish social enterprise which hires people with disabilities, pose at their office in Aarhus, Denmark on Mar 19, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Thin
Tired to trendy: architects give Russian provinces urban makeover 06 May 2019 - 08:09 pm
People rest in the park on the renovated embankment of the Vezelka river in the Russian city of Belgorod, some 700 km south of Moscow, on April 10, 2019.  AFP / Vasily Maximov
Billionaire Warren Buffett gives new hint about his successor 05 May 2019 - 09:55 am
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett walks through the exhibit hall as shareholders gather to hear from the billionaire investor at Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 4, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Morgan
Green Climate Fund must take risks in warming fight, says new head 03 May 2019 - 10:15 pm
Cracked earth marks a dried-up area near a wind turbine used to generate electricity at a wind farm in Guazhou, 950km (590 miles) northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu Province September 15, 2013. Reuters/Carlos Barria
'Look for the laggards' - investors told to target modern slavery 02 May 2019 - 09:55 pm
Fund managers can put trillions of dollars worth of pressure on businesses that fail to stop slave labour by uniting to demand improvements and monitor progress, said Fiona Reynolds, head of London-based Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI).
Singapore shoppers given tool to choose products using ethical palm oil 02 May 2019 - 09:55 pm
A worker arranges palm oil fruits at a factory in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur. AFP/Mohd Rasfan
New aid charity says modern 'business models' will save lives 02 May 2019 - 09:55 pm
A man walks in a flooded road in the Tunisian coastal governorate of Nabeul on September 23, 2018 following deadly flash flooding in the town of Bir Challouf. AFP/Fethi Belaid
Retailers are tracking where you shop and where you sleep 02 May 2019 - 07:42 pm
In this file photo taken on June 19, 2018 Shoppers walk past a Debenhams shop in Oxford Street, central London on June 19, 2018. AFP / Tolga Akmen
Pepsi withdraws lawsuits against Indian potato farmers 02 May 2019 - 04:27 pm
A customer picks packets of Lay's potato chips at a shop in Ahmedabad, India, April 26, 2019. REUTERS/Amit Dave
With big business touting ethics, how do small social brands survive? 01 May 2019 - 09:11 pm
Workers walk through the More London business district with Tower Bridge seen behind in London, November 11, 2015. Reuters/Toby Melville
Tirana's 'pyramid' puts checkered past behind it for new tech future 01 May 2019 - 08:26 pm
This aerial picture taken in Tirana, Albania, on February 7, 2019 shows a general view of Tirana's pyramid, a former museum that was named after late Albanian communist dictator Enver Hoxha. AFP / Gent Shkullaku