1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (100+ words) whbl.com Zimbabwean boat accident death toll rises to 68 as more bodies recovered JOHANNESBURG, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Twenty-two more bodies ​have been recovered following a boat accident in a lake ​in ⁠Zimbabwe, police said ⁠on Saturday, taking the death toll to…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (347+ words) By Jakob Van Calster and Mateusz Rabiega Aug 12 (Reuters) – ABN Amro lifted the guidance for its commercial net interest income after beating quarterly expectations on Wednesday, joining other major Benelux ​banks that have raised forecasts as higher central bank interest…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (249+ words) JOHANNESBURG, July 24 (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday won a court challenge that halted a parliamentary impeachment process over ​misconduct allegations linked to the “Farmgate” scandal. The ‌Western Cape High Court granted Ramaphosa an “interim interdict” that will…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (263+ words) JOHANNESBURG, July 22 (Reuters) – South African inflation picked up more sharply than expected in June, bolstering expectations that the central bank will deliver ​a second consecutive interest rate hike on Thursday. Annual ‌headline consumer inflation accelerated to a two-year high of…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (177+ words) July 10 (Reuters) – South Africa’s government has agreed to allow the private sector to import, distribute ​and administer foot-and-mouth disease ‌vaccines, farmer groups said on Friday, as the country steps up efforts to contain its worst outbreak in years. The government…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (182+ words) (Fixes spelling of ‘signed’ in first paragraph) HARARE, July 7 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into ​law legislation that extends his ‌term in office by two years to 2030, government spokesperson Nick Mangwana said on Tuesday. • Both houses of the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (388+ words) MEXICO CITY, July 5 (Reuters) – Javier Aguirre backed Rafa Marquez to lead Mexico into the future after the co-hosts’ World Cup run ended with a 3-2 defeat by England on Sunday, ​bringing the curtain down on Aguirre’s third spell in charge. Aguirre,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (337+ words) By Natalia Siniawski and Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY, July 5 (Reuters) – Mexico’s World Cup dream died in a crushing 3-2 defeat by England at their fortress Azteca Stadium on ​Sunday, delivering a gut punch to home fans who ‌had started to believe…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (530+ words) By America Hernandez and Isaac Anyaogu PARIS/LAGOS, July 1 – Several nonprofits including Friends of the Earth France sued oil major TotalEnergies in a French civil court on Wednesday, seeking to obtain environmental documents related to an onshore Nigerian oil asset…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (178+ words) JOHANNESBURG, July 1 (Reuters) – South African police said more than 900 people were arrested on Tuesday, when ​there were nationwide anti-migrant protests ‌which were mostly peaceful but occasionally descended into violence and looting. Tebello Mosikili, a deputy national police commissioner, told a…...