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Trump barrels into G-7 summit, ready to fight US allies 08 Jun 2018 - 11:14 pm
European Council President Donald Tusk, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pose during a family photo at the G7 Summit in the Charlevoix city of
Trump to find a chilly host in Canada visit amid trade rift 08 Jun 2018 - 05:44 am
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (L)shake hands during a joint press conference at Parliament on June 7, 2018 in Ottawa. Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed support for
Uber urges Hawaii customers, drivers to oppose 'surge' cap 06 Jun 2018 - 09:46 pm
A photo illustration shows the Uber app logo displayed on a mobile telephone as it is held up for a posed photograph in central London, Britain, October 28, 2016. (Reuters/Toby Melville)
Qantas bends to Beijing by describing Taiwan as Chinese 06 Jun 2018 - 12:50 am
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce speaks at a press conference at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual meeting in Sydney on June 5, 2018.  AFP / Peter Parks
Australia holds key rate at 1.5% as unemployment edges higher 06 Jun 2018 - 12:50 am
Workers lay concrete at the construction of a new apartment block in Melbourne on June 5, 2018. Australia's central bank kept interest rates at a record low on June 5 for a 20th consecutive meeting as it waits for unemployment to fall further and signs of
UK sells 7.7 percent stake in Royal Bank of Scotland 06 Jun 2018 - 12:50 am
A woman looks at her smart phone as she passes cash machines (ATMs) outside a Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) bank branch in central London In this file photo taken on August 04, 2017.  AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
From flagship to scrapyard: first Airbus A380s to get broken up 06 Jun 2018 - 12:50 am
General view shows an Airbus A380 at the final assembly line at Airbus headquarters in Blagnac near Toulouse, France, March 21, 2018. Reuters/Regis Duvignau
Giant gold mine spewing waste into river becomes a battleground in Indonesia 05 Jun 2018 - 10:20 pm
A view of the Grasberg copper and gold mine operated by an Indonesian subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Inc, situated 4,285 meters above sea level, near Timika, Papua province, February 15, 2015 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Reuters/M Agung Rajasa/Anta
India plans 70 bln rupee bailout for sugar mills: Times of India 04 Jun 2018 - 08:09 pm
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Lunch with Warren Buffett costs $3.3 million this year 02 Jun 2018 - 02:23 pm
Warren Buffett tossing a newspaper at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting in Omaha in 2015
Allies in G7 vow to fight US tariffs, see threat to growth 02 Jun 2018 - 01:09 am
Christine Lagarde(R), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund attends the opening of the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors conferenceon May 31, 2018 at the Squamish Lil' wat Cultural Centre in Whistler, British Columbia.  AFP /
Petrobras CEO resigns after truckers strike cripples Brazil 02 Jun 2018 - 12:45 am
The CEO of Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras, Pedro Parente, speaks as the company gives its quarterly report during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 8, 2018.  AFP / Carl De Souza
Zuckerberg faces shareholders at contentious Facebook meeting 01 Jun 2018 - 10:26 pm
And one advised Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to emulate George Washington, not Vladimir Putin, and avoid turning Facebook into a
Gender pay gap could cost world $160 trillion: World Bank 31 May 2018 - 11:54 pm
Unisex signs hanging outside bathrooms at Toast Paninoteca in Durham, North Carolina, May 9, 2016.  AFP/  Getty Images North America / Sara D Davis
Global treaty to take aim at workplace harassment 31 May 2018 - 11:44 pm
Me too on the hand of a protester during a gathering on the Place de la Republique square in Paris on October 29, 2017. (AFP / Bertrand Guay)
Women 'don't fit' or want 'the hassle' of being in the boardroom, UK bosses say 31 May 2018 - 09:43 pm
Diversity in the workplace has come under scrutiny since the introduction of a law last year requiring employers with more than 250 workers to report their gender pay gap each year. (Reuters / Eddie Keogh)
Turkish lira recovery stalls after three-day streak, eyes turn to inflation 31 May 2018 - 03:04 pm
An employee of a foreign exchange office counts and checks Turkish lira banknotes with a machine in the centre of Ankara on May 25, 2018. / AFP / ADEM ALTAN
Europe expects to be hit by US tariffs on steel and aluminum 31 May 2018 - 01:00 am
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General Angel Gurria, French President Emmanuel Macron, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite and Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos pose for a family photo with heads of dele