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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)
Qatargas achieves milestone with 10,000th ship loading by Qatargas RLTO 14 May 2019 - 01:43 pm
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QIB signs cooperation agreement with QRCS 14 May 2019 - 08:39 am
QIB’s Board Member and Head of Zakat Committee, Mansour Al Muslah (right), and Qatar Red Crescent Society Secretary-General, Ali bin Hassan Al Hammadi, signing the cooperation agreement.
MEEZA Expansion & Huawei launch RECaaS solution worldwide 14 May 2019 - 08:38 am
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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
Norway economic growth slows to start 2019 as investments drop 13 May 2019 - 11:45 pm
A fishing boat enters the harbour at the Arctic port of Svolvaer in northern Norway, March 4, 2013. Reuters/Alister Doyle
South Korea's latest big export: Jobless college graduates 13 May 2019 - 11:45 pm
Visitors look toward a North Korean village through a pair of binoculars at a shopping mall near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, July 16, 2017. Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji
Know your peas: company to trace supplies back to farm 13 May 2019 - 11:45 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
US campaign against Huawei hits a snag south of the border 13 May 2019 - 11:45 pm
Visitors walk next to Huawei booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 27, 2019. Reuters/Rafael Marchante
In Lebanon, vintage film posters question Western cliches 13 May 2019 - 09:13 pm
Vintage cinema posters are displayed at an art exhibition in the Lebanese capital Beirut on April 23, 2019.  AFP / Joseph Eid
Amazon offers employees $10,000 to quit, launch delivery business 13 May 2019 - 08:07 pm
In this file photo, packed orders move down a converyor belt at the Amazon fullfillment center in Aurora, Colorado. (AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Rick T. Wilking)
Qatargas sets world record with Q-Flex transit of Panama Canal 13 May 2019 - 06:20 pm
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China hikes tariffs on US goods after Trump warning 13 May 2019 - 06:08 pm
:This photo taken on May 11, 2019 shows a worker with a hydraulic lift at a factory producing construction machinery for export to many countries, including the US, in Jinan, in east China's Shandong province. (AFP)
Companies bracing for China's retaliation in tariffs dispute 13 May 2019 - 02:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: Unloaded containers from Asia are seen at the main port terminal in Long Beach, California on May 10, 2019.  AFP / Mark RALSTON
Bitcoin vaults above $7,000 as cryptocurrency rally gains steam 13 May 2019 - 02:01 pm
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Nakilat receives award for Qatarization 13 May 2019 - 09:03 am
H E Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs and President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum, posing for a group picture with senior officials of Nakilat and its joint ventures that undertake various sustainable initiatives, especially wit