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New film aims to capture 'Human' experience

They are fighters, victims, murderers and survivors whose anonymous yet deeply personal interviews form the backbone of a new film from French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand that seeks to capture our experience on Earth. In the opening moments of “Human” — which premieres Saturday at both the Venice Film Festival and the United Nations in New York — a convicted killer on Death Row in the United States explains how he

Glencore leads European share rebound, but China hits Asia

European stocks rose on Monday, lifted by mining and commodities giant Glencore after it pledged to slash its debt by a third, and countering a fall in Asian markets led by weakness in China following a four-day break there. Trading is lighter than usual with U.S. markets closed for Labor Day, while investors across all asset classes continued to digest the implications of last week’s U.S. jobs data for the

China forex reserves in record fall as Beijing tries to calm markets

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign exchange reserves posted their biggest monthly fall on record in August, reflecting Beijing’s attempts to halt a slide in the yuan and stabilize financial markets following its surprise move to devalue the currency last month. China’s reserves, the world’s largest, fell by $93.9 billion last month to $3.557 trillion, central bank data showed on Monday. The drop left market watchers questioning how sustainable China’s efforts