International
9 months ago | August 22, 2023
Kenya and the US are negotiating a trade deal that could be a ...
The Conversation The US and Kenya announced a trade and investment partnership in July 2022. Talks have been progressing ...
Brics expansion gets interesting if Saudis join, Jim O’Neill says
Bloomberg Adding countries to the Brics bloc will matter economically if Saudi Arabia is one of them but otherwise it’s ...
‘SA has a great deal to learn from China’
Moneyweb This year marks 25 years of diplomatic ties between South Africa and the People’s Republic of China. Our ...
9 months ago | August 18, 2023
Crackdown on illegal mining brings hope after Bolsonaro era
Like mechanised Valkyries, nine helicopters filled with armed men and women in camouflage uniforms swoop over dense ...
Zim’s critical minerals law favours China
The world’s clean-energy transition will be impossible without African minerals — and a degree of resource nationalism ...
Xi faces more tough choices after surprise China rate cut
President Xi Jinping has resisted pulling the trigger on a major stimulus to revive the world’s second-biggest economy. ...
China’s slowdown ‘risk factor’ for US economy, says Yellen
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (pictured right) called China’s economic woes a “risk factor” for the US, but one that ...
Emerging markets crave big bang stimulus with losses growing
A tug-of-war is developing between investors and policymakers in emerging economies: markets keep dumping assets on ...
9 months ago | August 16, 2023
UK to host global energy security summit in early 2024
news24.com Britain will host an international energy security summit next year to build collective resilience to supply ...
9 months ago | August 11, 2023
Amazon nations fail to agree on deforestation goal
BELEM, Brazil. — Eight Amazon nations agreed to a list of unified environmental policies and measures to bolster ...
An expanded Brics could reset world politics
Eager to escape perceived western domination, several countries — mostly in the global south — are looking to join the ...
China reports biggest drop in exports since 2020
China last month suffered its biggest fall in exports for more than three years, official data showed on Tuesday, as the ...
Oil driller pioneer experiments with lithium
Pioneer Natural Resources Co, one of the largest US shale drillers, is experimenting with mining lithium from wastewater ...
Scientists confirm July the hottest month ever recorded
Global air and ocean temperatures soared to a record high in July, according to the EU’s climate change service ...
9 months ago | August 8, 2023
Implats reports earnings slump amid lower prices, power cuts
Compiled by Lisa Steyn Impala Platinum expects to report a more-than 20 percent drop in annual earnings as a result of ...
9 months ago | August 4, 2023
What is carbon capture, how does it fight climate change?
Carbon capture and storage infrastructure is designed to prevent carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial processes and ...
UAE promises to allow climate protests at COP28
The United Arab Emirates has said it will allow environmental activists to “make their voices heard” and peacefully ...
Is China’s surge in coal consumption just a passing phase?
David Dodwell It seemed we all agreed: the highest priority in battling global warming is to cut the use of fossil ...
War, AI and climate change shake up US$32t in global trade
In Morocco trucks from a Connecticut logistics company ferry car parts and clothing across the Strait of Gibraltar. In ...
Investors should still expect a bumpy road ahead
The first half of 2023 witnessed striking economic and financial dispersion, both within countries and across them. With ...
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