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Kenya secures $2.23 billion from China for tech city, highway 26 Apr 2019 - 11:00 pm
A China yuan note is seen in this illustration photo, May 31, 2017. Reuters/Thomas White
China defends Belt and Road but vows to battle debt 25 Apr 2019 - 08:30 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping poses for a group photo with other delegates and guests at the welcoming banquet for the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on May 14, 2017. AFP/Jason Lee
China's island cities: Treasure or trouble for Asia? 25 Apr 2019 - 07:39 pm
In this file photo taken on September 17, 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) waves as he leaves alongside Sri Lanka's then-president Mahinda Rajapaksa (R) after formally opening the start of work on the Chinese-funded Port City on reclaimed land in Co
Sri Lanka set to secure crucial IMF extension in blast aftermath 25 Apr 2019 - 07:39 pm
 Anusha Kumari 43, wife of a St Sebastian's Church suicide blast victim Dulip Appuhami, 46, reacts as she cries in her house in Negombo on April 24, 2019.  AFP / Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Japan court grants $4.5 mn bail to Carlos Ghosn 25 Apr 2019 - 08:45 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 3, 2019, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn (2nd L) and his wife Carole (2nd R) leave the office of his lawyer in Tokyo. AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
Six years after Bangladesh's Rana Plaza disaster, fashion brands urged to pay more 24 Apr 2019 - 09:42 pm
Relatives of victims of the Rana Plaza building collapse pay their respects at a graveyard in Dhaka on April 24, 2016. AFP/Rehman Asad
Fashion giant H&M lists suppliers for all garments to tackle worker abuses 24 Apr 2019 - 09:40 pm
The logo of H&M is seen in a display window of a store in Zurich, Switzerland January 7, 2019. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann
Boeing reports lower profits amid 737 MAX crisis 24 Apr 2019 - 02:34 pm
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UK begins search for new Bank of England governor 24 Apr 2019 - 01:54 pm
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Apple’s legal surrender is a blow for its supply chain strategy 24 Apr 2019 - 12:01 am
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks with former TIME managing editor Nancy Gibbs at the TIME 100 Summit on April 23, 2019 in New York City. The day-long TIME 100 Summit showcases the annual TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Spencer Platt/Ge
On South America's largest solar farm, Chinese power radiates 23 Apr 2019 - 07:22 pm
A view of the main logistics base at Cauchari Solar Facility in Olacapato Grande, Argentina is seen in this Maxar GeoEye-1 satellite image taken on April 13, 2019.  Maxar Technologies/Handout via Reuters
China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos 23 Apr 2019 - 05:49 pm
Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority supervisor Thao Nguyen posing amongst recycled plastic bottles at the recycling site in Edinburgh, near Adelaide, on April 17, 2019.  AFP / Brenton Edwards
Pride and pique as Louboutin takes Pakistan chappal global 23 Apr 2019 - 05:49 pm
In this picture taken on April 1, 2019, Chacha Noor Din, the owner of a string of shoe stores, makes a pair of sandals at his shop in Peshawar.  AFP / Abdul Majeed
Crisis-hit Greeks foot steep bills for health and education 23 Apr 2019 - 05:49 pm
Retired tenor Achilleas Papadopoulos holds the medicines he received at the social pharmacy of Elliniko in this picture taken on February 27, 2019. AFP / Aris Messinis
Twitter triples profits, global user base steadies 23 Apr 2019 - 05:04 pm
Profits in the first quarter hit $191 million, compared with $61 million a year earlier, while revenues increased 18 percent to $787 million.
Jet Airways waits for buyer as rivals muscle in on territory 23 Apr 2019 - 02:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: Jet Airways aircraft are seen parked at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India, April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
San Francisco at 'boiling point' over tech, houses, homeless 22 Apr 2019 - 08:58 pm
A real estate agent tours a home for sale during a broker open house on April 16, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP
Tesla shows off self-driving technology to investors 22 Apr 2019 - 08:58 pm
In this file photo taken on February 19, 2014 people look at a Tesla Motors vehicle on the showroom floor at the Dadeland Mall in Miami. AFP/Getty Images North America/Joe Raedle