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Caribbean Development Bank plans to help tackle trauma of Bahamas storm 06 Sep 2019 - 07:44 pm
A man hangs his clothes after washing them at the Mudd neighborhood, devastated after Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, September 6, 2019. Reuters/Marco Bello
Damage to land feeds migration and conflict: UN official 06 Sep 2019 - 07:44 pm
Farmers plough the land with the help of their horse on a plantation in Tierra Blanca de Cartago, east of San Jose, May 15, 2012. Reuters / Juan Carlos Ulate
EU warns Indonesia about retaliating against biodiesel duties 05 Sep 2019 - 11:39 pm
Members of Indonesia's National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) assist Croatian sailor Luigi Masadin (C) off the MT Golar Kelvin, in a medical evacuation at sea off the Aceh coast on September 5, 2019.  AFP / Chaideer Mahyuddin
Putin woos Asian investors in Russia's Far East 05 Sep 2019 - 11:39 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mongolia's President Khaltmaagiin Battulga and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad attend a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in
Bank of Canada says economy better able to weather shocks 05 Sep 2019 - 10:39 pm
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) logo is seen outside of a branch in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 14, 2019. Reuters/Chris Wattie
Welsh economy beats other UK regions 05 Sep 2019 - 10:39 pm
The main high street in the village of St Florence in West Wales, March 2, 2018. Reuters/Rebecca Naden
Mario Draghi’s last salvo of stimulus is under threat 05 Sep 2019 - 10:39 pm
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Thai garment factory investigated by Starbucks after illegal wages expose 05 Sep 2019 - 08:55 pm
Workers show Starbucks aprons at a dormitory near a factory in Thailand's Mae Sot district in August 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nanchanok Wongsamuth
Weird waste: from sandy syringes to space junk 05 Sep 2019 - 07:29 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
Vigilantes join forces to stop Kenyan families losing donkeys to China 05 Sep 2019 - 07:29 pm
Charles Maina, 40, poses with his hired donkey in Naivasha, Kenya. Aug 22, 2019. Nita Bhalla/Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Pound tops $1.23 as no-deal Brexit prospect fades 05 Sep 2019 - 06:41 pm
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Angela Merkel faces a delicate balancing act in Beijing 05 Sep 2019 - 08:39 am
Protesters hold a vigil for democracy in Hong Kong in front of the Chancellery in Berlin on September 5, 2019. AFP / DPA / Paul Zinken
Mind the gap: women more likely to quit job over long commute 04 Sep 2019 - 09:19 pm
Commuters walk through the morning bright sunlight coming from the 60 feet high windows in Grand Central Terminal in New York City on March 11, 2019. AFP / Timothy A Clary
'Hidden' McDonald's and Nestle suppliers ignore climate risks 04 Sep 2019 - 07:24 pm
This file photo taken on January 22 2014 in Paris shows the logo of a US fast food restaurant McDonald’s . AFP / Kenzo Tribouillard
She beat the BBC, now reporter tackles FTSE pay gap 04 Sep 2019 - 07:13 pm
Carrie Gracie (Photo courtesy: Twitter/@UoYSociology)
Walmart introduces new gun restrictions but will they help? 04 Sep 2019 - 07:13 pm
Walmart's announcement comes just days after a mass shooting claimed seven lives in Odessa, Texas and follows two other back-to-back shootings last month, one of them at a Walmart store.
Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans are hammering Ireland’s banks 03 Sep 2019 - 04:26 pm
Protestors, with one of them dressed as Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, demonstrate outside the Houses of the Parliament in London, Britain September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
Middle class feels the squeeze in debt-wracked Argentina 02 Sep 2019 - 11:09 pm
People queue outside a bank in Buenos Aires on September 2, 2019.  AFP / Ronaldo Schemidt