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Luxury watchmakers plan for Brexit, cope with French protests 28 Mar 2019 - 12:50 am
Kerstin Cook, Miss Switzerland 2010, poses with the watch with the most diamonds set on it at the Baselworld watch and jewellery fair on March 22, 2019, in Basel. The watch created by Aarum Shum Jewelery has 15, 858 dimoands set on it. AFP / Sebastien Boz
Tea label giants vow probe after Sri Lanka labour abuse expose 27 Mar 2019 - 11:05 pm
Teapickers at work at an estate in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka, March 2 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Lisa Fuller
Public concern over privacy pushes tech industry to change 27 Mar 2019 - 11:05 pm
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, speaks during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, US, March 25, 2019. Reuters/Stephen Lam
Ford closes 3 factories in Russia in broad overhaul 27 Mar 2019 - 02:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: Employees work on an assembly line at a Ford Sollers, U.S. carmaker Ford's joint venture with Russian partners, factory in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad region, Russia July 7, 2015. Picture taken July 7, 2015. REUTERS/Igor Russak
Global investors 'wreaking havoc' on low-income renters, UN says 26 Mar 2019 - 08:09 pm
This file photo taken on October 18, 2016 shows workers walking through the construction site of the world-biggest start-up incubator Station F, formerly known as the Halle Freyssinet in Paris. AFP/Lionel Bonav
Millions of women still landless despite global push for equality 26 Mar 2019 - 08:09 pm
A homeless woman from north Wales sits huddled under a sleeping bag next to her dog Casper in a shopping arcade near the Victoria rail station in London, December 14, 2012. Reuters/Chris Helgren
Can bringing young and old under one roof solve the world's housing crisis? 26 Mar 2019 - 08:09 pm
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: An immobilised elderly woman is helped to vote by a relative in a mobile ballot box in Bardar village on February 24, 2019 as Moldovans are to elect new parliament members. (AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)
'We won't cower in a corner': UK social entrepreneurs brace for Brexit 26 Mar 2019 - 07:06 pm
Trucks on the A16 highway between Dunkerque and Calais due to extensive controls by the customs officers protesting against the lack of staff and material ahead of the Brexit on March 4, 2019. AFP/ Philippe Huguen
From bitcoins to tomatoes: all change in Georgia after currency slump 26 Mar 2019 - 07:06 pm
Georgian entrepreneur Shota Siradze works at a computer mining cryptocurrency inside a basement turned urban farm in Tbilisi, Georgia on March 12, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Umberto Bacchi
Poor lose out as rich countries link aid with trade: think-tank 26 Mar 2019 - 07:05 pm
A Rohingya man walks through the mud along with a kid as they take shelter at a makeshift camp in Coxs' Bazar, Bangladesh on September 24, 2017. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury / Anadolu Agency
Traffic-choked Jakarta now has mass rapid transit system 25 Mar 2019 - 11:37 pm
This picture taken on March 12, 2019 shows passengers on board a Jakarta mass rapid transit (MRT) coach during a trial run in the city.  AFP / Bay Ismoyo
China's Xi sees honors, Airbus deal in state visit to France 25 Mar 2019 - 11:37 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on March 25, 2019. AFP/pool/Gonzalo Fuentes
'Back from the dead': Greek homes in Airbnb fever 25 Mar 2019 - 10:24 pm
A woman walks past a poster in the Koukaki area in Athens, which in 2016 was named Airbnb's fifth fastest growing neighbourhood globally with an 800-percent jump in home-sharing. AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki
German yield back below zero, Brexit takes edge off Ifo boost 25 Mar 2019 - 07:28 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with British Prime Minister Theresa May for talks on July 5, 2018 in Berlin (AFP/Omer Messinger)
Airbus close to signing aircraft deal with China 25 Mar 2019 - 07:27 pm
An Airbus A380 airplane performing at the International Paris Airshow in Le Bourget, north of Paris on June 18, 2015. AFP/Miguel Medina
Colombia's coca growers facing stark choices over crops 24 Mar 2019 - 09:05 pm
Colombian Luis Portilla, 63, checks a cocoa plant, at his farm in the Catatumbo region, Norte de Santander department, Colombia, on February 8, 2019. AFP / Luis Robayo
Ireland promises 'substantial' aid to farmers in no-deal Brexit 23 Mar 2019 - 07:36 pm
An EU supporter, calling on the government to give Britons a vote on the final Brexit deal, participates in the 'People's Vote' march in central London, Britain March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Italy, China sign new 'Silk Road' protocol 23 Mar 2019 - 02:59 pm
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after signing trade agreements at Villa Madama in Rome, Italy March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi