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Harvesting olives under tear gas
More than 1,000 olive trees were reported burned or damaged in the occupied West Bank this season.
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Ant’s IPO was halted after its co-founder made a speech at odds with the Chinese government’s handling of the economy.
![US President-elect Joe Biden may face constraints if the Republican Party remains in control of the Senate [File: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/biden-3.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Biden’s Treasury pick will have to cope with a recession and also help address inequality and climate...
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The $617bn the Treasury says it needs for the fourth quarter is 35.9 percent more than the government...
![Wall Street's main indexes have had a wild rollercoaster ride this year as the coronavirus pandemic sent things spiralling into uncharted territory [File: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/nyny-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The markets endured the fastest bear market on record, a spectacular rebound, and are now limping to the end of October.
![Wall Street's main indexes on Friday closed out their worst week since March's selloff madness [File: Carlo Allegri/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trader-3.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Disappointing tech news, surging COVID- cases, uncertainty over elections make a perfect cocktail for a market selloff.
![Google's ad business accounted for 80 percent of Alphabet's $46.2bn in revenue in the third quarter [File: Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/google-2.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Alphabet said in July that advertiser spending was inching back following a March plummet due to lockdowns.
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If all political stars align, this time the bankrupt territory of 3.2 million may have a real chance at statehood.
![Time is running out for a US stimulus deal before Election Day, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made clear [Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nancy-Pelosi-091820.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin talked for 53 minutes in the latest stimulus saga.
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Trump reversed his administration’s previous denial of relief aid to California, which has been badly damaged by fires.
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California’s governor had asked the Trump administration for disaster relief funds to help clean up wildfire debris.
![Aava Murto, a 16-year-old girl who has taken over the job of Finnish PM Sanna Marin for the day as part of a girls' rights campaign, is interviewed by members of the media in Helsinki, Finland [File: Lehtikuva/Heikki Saukkomaa/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/girlfinland.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Aava Murto stepped into the shoes of PM Sanna Marin to highlight the effect of technology on gender equality.
![Republican control of the United States Senate, which protected President Donald Trump from impeachment, is at risk in the November election [Carlos Barria/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/b6395921f6d44d49a74d69daa8669e30_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Republicans are in a ‘knife fight’ defending nine vulnerable senators against Democratic challengers in November.
![The election on October 31 is seen as one of the biggest tests of the country's stability since a civil war in 2010-11 [Luc Gnago/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/03170d561e3140b2b4d6b8e4159a9261_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Opposition parties urge civil disobedience campaign to stop President Alassane Ouattara’s bid for a third term.