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Former Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn charged with fraud by German prosecutors 15 Apr 2019 - 07:58 pm
Former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn leaves after testifying to a German parliamentary committee on emissions scandal in Berlin, January 19, 2017. Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke
US soybean shipments hit one-year low 15 Apr 2019 - 07:58 pm
Soybean farmer Raymond Schexnayder Jr closes a bag of soybeans from his farm outside Baton Rouge in Erwinville, Louisiana, July 9, 2018. Reuters/Aleksandra Michalska
Lyft pulls electric bikes off the road after brake problems 15 Apr 2019 - 07:57 pm
A Lyft bicycle is shown at the Lyft listing on the Nasdaq during an IPO event in Los Angeles, California, March 29, 2019. Reuters/Mike Blake
Inside SoftBank's push to rule the road 15 Apr 2019 - 06:44 pm
A journalist raises her hand to ask a question to Japan's SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, November 5, 2018. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Cufflinks and the Caribbean: How Virgin Galactic kept space tourists' interest and money 15 Apr 2019 - 06:44 pm
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson speaks during an interview while attending the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, US, April 11, 2019. Reuters/Kelsey Brunner
Indian minister says extreme poverty falling, to end by 2031 15 Apr 2019 - 03:34 pm
FILE PHOTO: Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Reuters
Mexican, US business leaders unite to rebuke 'disastrous' Trump border closure threats 15 Apr 2019 - 12:18 am
(L-R) Mexico's Economy Minister Graciela Marquez, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, President of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE) Carlos Salazar and Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador are seen during the U.S.-Mexico CEO Dialogue, in
Trade rows cloud global economy as officials fret over slowdown 15 Apr 2019 - 12:18 am
Central bank governors and other global finance officials sit for a group photo at the IMF and World Bank's 2019 Annual Spring Meetings, in Washington, April 13, 2019. Reuters/James Lawler Duggan
Shifting Brexit date gives map-makers a headache 14 Apr 2019 - 05:36 pm
They reflect the number of countries that will be part of the EU once Britain finally leaves.
US wants World Bank to give more support to poorest nations 13 Apr 2019 - 07:31 pm
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India's Jet extends international cancellations as airline teeters 13 Apr 2019 - 04:57 pm
Jet Airways employees hold placards and banners during a protest demanding to
Dutch sweets giant probes 'attack' on Bangladesh factory workers 12 Apr 2019 - 08:00 pm
A file photo published on the iuf.org website, of workers protesting for the right to unionise
No Uber, no problem: Brazil app drives into Sao Paulo's no-go zones 11 Apr 2019 - 09:00 pm
Brazilian Alvimar da Silva (R), creator of the JaUbra (Uber of slum) private transportation service, poses next to his daughter Aline Landim in Brasilandia, northern outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 27, 2019. AFP / Miguel Schincariol
Benin eyes video gaming in play for jobs and development 11 Apr 2019 - 08:08 pm
Sidick Bakayoko, president of the Benin Game Jam jury. Photo courtesy: AbidjanPress
New IMF chief David Malpass says world needs faster economic growth to curb poverty 10 Apr 2019 - 01:21 am
David Malpass speaks in front of the World Bank on his first day as the new president of the bank in Washington, DC on April 9, 2019.  AFP / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds
Pad Women: the all-female business easing period poverty in Sri Lanka 09 Apr 2019 - 11:17 pm
A woman makes a sanitary pad at the Sinidu Factory in Kithulwatte, Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 13, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Smriti Daniel
Fighting online child abuse gets boost from eBay billionaire at UK forum 09 Apr 2019 - 11:03 pm
FILE PHOTO: An eBay sign is seen at an office building in San Jose, California, May 28, 2014. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach
Almost half UK companies failed to narrow gender pay gap 09 Apr 2019 - 11:03 pm
Unisex signs hanging outside bathrooms at Toast Paninoteca in Durham North Carolina, May 9, 2016.  AFP/Getty Images North America/Sara D Davis