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SA interest rate cuts likely soon – Bank of America
The Bank of America (BofA) has said that it expects the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to start cutting interest rates soon. It expected the
North Korean defector gets vice-ministerial post in the South
South Korea has announced that Tae Yong-Ho, who defected to the country from North Korea in 2016, will chair a presidential advisory council on Korean
Two-pot retirement system now law
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the bill which will implement the new two-pot retirement system. It will come into effect on 1 September.
FSU SA joins global free speech campaign
Defending the right to free speech “in the Anglosphere and beyond” is the overarching objective of the International Association of Free Speech Unions (IAFSU), of
Bangladesh scraps job reservation quotas after riots
The highest court in Bangladesh has scrapped controversial job reservation quotas after unrest which left at least 100 people dead, with 50 people being killed
Chinese cities have incurred trillions of dollars of debt
Scores of Chinese cities have amassed trillions of dollars in off-the-books debt for economic development projects. This opaque financing helped China rise to the envy
Woman freed after 43 years in jail for murder she didn’t commit
Sixty-four-year-old Sandra Hemme, jailed in 1980 for murder, has been released after a judicial review found that local police ignored evidence that directly pointed to
Just Stop Oil given hefty sentences for immobilising M25 motorway
Five ‘Just Stop Oil’ (JSO) protesters have been jailed over protests which immobilised the M25 motorway around London in November 2022. They were found guilty
Ursula von der Leyen re-elected European Commission president
The European Parliament on Thursday re-elected German politician Ursula von der Leyen to a second five-year term as the president of the European Union’s executive