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4:39pm, 24th April, 2019

Brazil markets slump as pension reform reality bites

Brazilian markets slumped on Wednesday, a day after a planned pension overhaul cleared a congressional hurdle following a lengthy debate that highlighted the government's struggle to build support for its signature reform policy.

After reality check, Indonesia's 'new face' in politics seeks second term

11:53pm, 13th April, 2019

World

After reality check, Indonesia's 'new face' in politics seeks second term

When Indonesian President Joko Widodo was elected five years ago, the former furniture salesman seemed to offer a clean break from the military and political elite that had clung to power since the fall of strongman ruler Suharto in 1998.

A Fed pivot, born of volatility, missteps, and new economic reality

1:22am, 22nd February, 2019

Business

A Fed pivot, born of volatility, missteps, and new economic reality

The Federal Reserve's promise in January to be "patient" about further interest rate hikes, putting a three-year-old process of policy tightening on hold, calmed markets after weeks of turmoil that wiped out trillions of dollars of household wea...

Qatar's real estate market faces reality check ahead of World Cup

3:30am, 17th February, 2019

Business

Qatar's real estate market faces reality check ahead of World Cup

Qatar's Doha Tower, a spike-tipped cylinder that glows orange at night, won an award when finished in 2012 amid a Gulf-wide real estate boom, but today about half of its 46 floors are empty.

From reality TV to U.N., Trump to wield Security Council gavel

9:46pm, 23rd September, 2018

World

From reality TV to U.N., Trump to wield Security Council gavel

He has chaired board meetings, cabinet meetings and starred in a reality television show, but on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump will wield the gavel in the United Nations Security Council to denounce Iran for what his administration sees as it...

After Florence floods, the uninsured awaken to painful reality

3:18pm, 18th September, 2018

US

After Florence floods, the uninsured awaken to painful reality

Flood insurance was far from Stephanie Walker's mind in 2015 when she moved her family into a home in Fayetteville in central North Carolina, nearly 200 miles (320 km) from the coast.

Reality Winner to be sentenced for leaking top secret U.S. report

8:03am, 23rd August, 2018

US

Reality Winner to be sentenced for leaking top secret U.S. report

Former U.S. intelligence contractor Reality Winner, who pleaded guilty to illegally leaking to a media outlet a top secret report on Russian interference in U.S. elections, was due to be sentenced on Thursday in Georgia.

UK says Brexit no-deal warnings are 'Project Reality', not 'Project Fear'

6:10pm, 1st August, 2018

UK

UK says Brexit no-deal warnings are 'Project Reality', not 'Project Fear'

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt denied on Wednesday that warnings about fallout from a disorderly exit from the European Union were an attempt to scare opponents of the government's preferred Brexit plan into supporting it.

In Congo outbreak, Ebola vaccine faces reality tests

5:30am, 18th May, 2018

World

In Congo outbreak, Ebola vaccine faces reality tests

LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental Ebola vaccine to be deployed in an outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has conquered some major scientific hurdles in giving high protection, but it now faces extreme real-world tests including heat, humidity,...