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Apple said it would keep production of its new-generation Mac Pro computer -- announced in June at the company's developer conference -- after obtaining exemptions from tariffs on some imported components

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and US President Donald Trump , pictured on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Biarritz in August, are set to sign a trade deal on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York

The collapsed British Travel company Thomas Cook UK will not have any bid from German airlines Lufthansa. The insolvent company owns Thomas Cook Airlines.

Wealthy Chinese millionaires, in what is likely a strategy to protect their assets in a “safe haven”, are buying up luxury apartments in Singapore worth millions of Singapore dollars. Sales have hit an 11-year high, according to the Singapore Straits Times and property consultants OrangeTee & Tie.

A remix of Sia's hit "Chandelier" has become a popular protest song in Hong Kong

The Soviet-allied East German authorities built the Berlin Wall from August 1961 to stop a flood of defections to the democratic West through the city

UBS hold out for a trade deal between the U.S. and China.

One more expert adds his voice to many others predicting a U.S. recession by 2020 on account of Trump's trade war.

The meeting between Pompeo and Lavrov will come after the US and Russia scrapped their 1987 INF disarmament treaty that limited the use of nuclear and conventional medium-range weapons

Groups of masked protesters vandalised ticket machines in Sha Tin's subway

Hong Kong's international airport has become a frequent target for a protest movement pushing for greater democratic rights and police accountability

The Yangon-Dala bridge construction site in Dala township

View earlier this month of a damaged area of the Amazon rainforest after illegal mining took place in southeastern Peru where the Amahuaca indigenous people say they are besieged by gold miners and loggers

US President Donald Trump proclaims friendship with China's President Xi Jinping but their trade war is giving the world jitters

Riot police and protesters in Hong Kong fought brief skirmishes near the Chinese border on Saturday, the latest clashes during huge pro-democracy protests that have battered the financial hub for more than three months.Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at small groups of hardcore activists who had built barricades in the outlying town of Tuen Mun, some of them lobbing bricks and at least one Molotov cocktail.

Thousands of volunteers wielding nets and bin bags scoured coasts, parks and riverbanks across the globe Saturday, in a litter-picking drive highlighting the vast quantity of trash dumped worldwide, a day after mass international climate protests.Campaigners took part in World Cleanup Day from Manila to the Mediterranean, as hundreds of thousands of people across the world take part in demonstrations and activities calling for urgent action on the environment.

As Trump and Modi meet on Sunday for the "Howdy Modi!" rally in Texas, the two leaders may be eyeing a trade deal to end a tariff battle.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is now part of US President Donald Trump's circle of conservative allies

Climate activist protest near the UN headquarters on August 30 in New York

US stocks tumbled amid reports a Chinese delegation canceled a planned trip to a Montana farm, but USTR said trade talks in Washington continue

Market liquidity tends to spike when options and futures on indexes and stocks expire, spurring trading volume as large derivative positions roll over.