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Image copyright Randgold Canada's Barrick Gold is buying Randgold Resources, creating the world's biggest gold miner with a value of about $18bn (£14bn).The firms own some of the world's most valuable gold fields, producing more than 6.6…
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Cody Wilson has been released from prison in Houston after being charged with the sexual assault of an under-age girl. Content provided by the BBC. Original piece can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45625275
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Image copyright Getty Images France's biggest supermarket group, Carrefour has denied approaching rival Casino over a possible tie-up.That is despite Casino saying that its board had unanimously decided to reject a Carrefour…
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Image copyright Getty Images Holiday firm Thomas Cook has blamed the summer heatwave for a drop in its full-year profit forecast. "Many customers" had put off booking holidays abroad, instead staying at home in June and July to enjoy the…
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One woman says a potential donor turned out to be married and had undergone a vasectomy. Content provided by the BBC. Original piece can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-45573053
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The latest raft of trade tariffs mark an escalation in the trade war between the US and China A new round of US tariffs on Chinese goods has kicked in, the largest yet in the escalating trade…
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Why would someone spend nearly £10,000 a year to study for an esports degree? Content provided by the BBC. Original piece can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-45328940
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is India's richest self-made woman The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder of…
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Image copyright Thomas Paris Image caption Thomas Paris says that shared ownership suited his circumstances Thomas Paris was fed up. He was living in a "horrible ground floor flat" in Bristol and paying rent to a landlord with little…
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In 2016, Sikkim, a small state in India’s northeast, was declared the country's first fully organic state. Since then, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has been trying to promote chemical-free farming across the country. It’s been…
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