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Burhaan Kinu / Hindustan Times / Getty Images July 2017: Protesters in New Delhi take part in a sit-in over a spate of assaults against Muslims and low-caste Dalits by Hindu vigilantes. Asia ended 2017 less free than it began it. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual assessment of freedoms across …

Dominick Reuter | AFP | Getty Images Former US Vice President Al Gore arrives at Trump Tower in New York on December 5, 2016. Former Vice President Al Gore’s investment firm is making a big bet on one of the creators of Facebook. Asana, a software company headed by Facebook …

Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook (R) and Apple chief design officer Jonathan Ive (L) look at the new Apple iPhone X during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California. Apple is delaying new iOS software …

Tony Karumba | AFP | Getty Images Supporters attend the ‘people’s president’ swearing-in ceremony of Kenya’s opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition leader Raila Odinga on January 30, 2018, in Nairobi. Nearly 100 people were killed in violence linked to Kenya’s elections last year, Reuters reported. The swearing-in boils down …

Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Frans van Houten, chief executive officer of Royal Philips NV Dutch health technology company Philips on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter sales grew 5 percent to 5.3 billion euros ($6.55 billion), buoyed by a rise in orders for high-end hospital equipment. The company’s intake …

Stefano Montesi | Corbis | Getty Images The Five Star Movement launched its election campaign on December 7, 2017, in Rome, Italy. In about six weeks’ time, two of Europe’s largest economies are likely to have no-one in charge. With German coalition talks hitting a stumbling block of their own …

Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bunsei Kure, president and chief executive officer of Renesas Electronics Corp. Japanese semiconductor company Renesas Electronics is in talks to acquire U.S. chipmaker Maxim Integrated in what could be close to a $20 billion acquisition. A deal isn’t imminent and one may not …

Jordanian Royal Court/Handout | Getty Images News | Getty Images Queen Rania of Jordan meets Rohingya muslim refugees during her visit to the Kutupalong camp on October 23, 2017 in Ukhia, Bangladesh “Jordan has taken in 1.3 million refugees, which has had a devastating impact on our country,” she added, …

Thomas Peter | Reuters An attendee uses a new iPhone X during a presentation for the media in Beijing, China October 31, 2017. Apple’s stock dipped slightly in premarket trading Monday after a report said it would halve production for the iPhone X in the first three months of 2018. …

Susana Gonzalez | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk at the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sept. 27, 2016. After a successful run selling hats, billionaire Elon Musk’s The Boring Company has expanded its offering to include flamethrowers. Musk announced that his infrastructure firm had …