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NEW DIRECTION: US President Barack Obama leaves the podium after speaking about his administration's counterterrorism policy at the National Defense University in Washington on Thursday. Picture: REUTERS

Obama seeks to redefine US war on terror

5 hour(s) ago

US President Barack Obama delivers major policy speech, saying the country must move on from counterterrorism policies deployed after 9/11

Europe

Cameron condemns brutal killing of soldier in London

CONDEMNATION: British Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to speak in front of 10 Downing Street on Thursday about the killing of a British soldier in London this week. Picture: REUTERS
3 hour(s) ago

British Prime Minister David Cameron says brutal killing of soldier in London was ‘betrayal of Islam’

Europe

Lagarde grilled over France payout to tycoon

COURT DATE: IMF chief Christine Lagarde arrives to be questioned by a French magistrate in Paris on Thursday. Picture: REUTERS
4 hour(s) ago

French prosecutors grill IMF chief Christine Lagarde in court to decide if she should be charged over state payout to disgraced tycoon

Europe

Rioters torch Sweden’s image of peaceful nation

AFTERMATH: A bystander inspects debris near a row of burnt cars in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs this week. Picture: REUTERS
3 hour(s) ago

Troubles believed to have been triggered by fatal police shooting of 69-year-old Husby resident last week

Americas

Bridge collapses in Washington state, sending cars into river

5 hour(s) ago

Part of four-lane freeway bridge over river north of Seattle collapses, sending vehicles into frigid water below

Europe

Suspects in London soldier slaying probed before, says UK official

TERROR: A police officer carries flowers near the scene of the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich, southeast London, on Wednesday. Picture: REUTERS
20 hour(s) ago

Investigators search several locations and try to determine whether Wednesday’s attack was part of a wider plot to instil terror on the streets of London

Europe

Turkey may act on Turkcell impasse

18 hour(s) ago

Turkey says it may intervene to resolve an impasse paralysing cellular phone company Turkcell

Americas

Bernanke offers no hint of pullback in Fed stimulus

UPDATE: US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the joint economic committee in Washington DC on Wednesday. Picture: REUTERS
1 day(s) ago

US Federal Reserve needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke says

VOTE FOR CHANGE: Zach Wahls, executive director of Scouts for Equality, a pro-gay group, reacts after a resolution to allow openly gay scouts in the Boy Scouts of America was passed on Thursday at the group's national annual meeting in Texas. Picture: REUTERS

Boy Scouts of America votes to end century-old ban on gay scouts

Decision means sea change for organisation that depends heavily on faith-based groups

Europe

European leaders tackle tax avoidance by large companies

TOUGH TALK: French President Francois Hollande addresses a news conference during a European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels on Wednesday. Picture: REUTERS
1 day(s) ago

Britain, France, Germany call for stricter rules to stop companies aggressively avoiding taxes in austerity-bitten Europe

Middle East

Hague warns of increased backing for Assad

WEIGHTY MATTER: British Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks as Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh (right) listens during their joint news conference before a meeting of the Friends of Syria alliance in Amman on Wednesday. Picture: REUTERS
1 day(s) ago

British Foreign Secretary William Hague says outside forces — pointedly Iran and Hezbollah — are increasingly ‘propping up’ Syrian regime in civil war

Middle East

Ahmadinejad to challenge aide’s ban from election

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Picture: REUTERS
1 day(s) ago

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he will ask Iran’s supreme leader to reverse a ban preventing his aide from running in next month’s presidential poll

Asia-Pacific

Bank of Japan targets bonds

1 day(s) ago

Japanese central bank vows to take steps to reduce volatility in bond markets that has threatened government efforts to end deflation

Americas

US tax official uses Fifth Amendment

1 day(s) ago

Official at centre of tax scandal tells congressional hearing she asserts her constitutional right not to answer questions

International companies

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Google in talks to buy sat-nav start-up Waze for $1bn

Israeli start-up Waze seeks more than $1bn and is fielding expressions of interest from parties also including Facebook

Asia-Pacific

Lenovo profit soars 90% on PC sales

ACQUISITIVE: Lenovo chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing, right, looks on as chief financial officer Wong Wai-ming addresses a news conference in Hong Kong on Thursday. Picture: REUTERS
18 hour(s) ago

Lenovo Group’s bold acquisitions in its flagship PC business sets it apart from PC rivals as industry shipments take their steepest fall in decades

Europe

Pearson effects changes to boost performance

17 hour(s) ago

UK-based publisher unveils further shake-up that it says will take some time to implement

Europe

Cost-cutting plan gives Britvic a fillip ahead of AG Barr merger decision

1 day(s) ago

British soft drinks maker Britvic announces plans to cut costs and expand in India

African Business

Nigeria growth ‘fails to curb poverty’

Picture: THINKSTOCK
3 day(s) ago

Nigeria’s poverty rate should be falling faster given its economic growth this decade, says IMF official

Americas

School dropout’s $253m Tumblr pay day

TOGETHER: Yahoo and Tumblr apps on an iPhone screen. Picture: REUTERS
2 day(s) ago

Tumblr CEO says company will retain its distinctive and irreverent character under a new owner

Europe

Burberry profit rises on China, Hong Kong retail growth

2 day(s) ago

UK luxury-goods maker reports full-year profit that beats estimates, boosted by strong demand in China and Hong Kong

Americas

Apple CEO Cook defends tech giant’s tax compliance

LINE OF FIRE: Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies on Tuesday in Washington DC at a Senate subcommittee hearing on offshore profit shifting and the US tax code. Picture: REUTERS
2 day(s) ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook defends his company’s use of offshore tax shelters before US senators

Business

German company feels sting of labour unrest in SA

2 day(s) ago

Mercedes-Benz SA nips strike in the bud as Lanxess workers lay down tools over bonus

Americas

Chinese firms look to escape US markets

2 day(s) ago

Blackstone leads bid for Nasdaq-listed Chinese computer company — latest in string of deals to delist mainland groups roundly abandoned by US investors

Europe

Louis Vuitton’s lead over rivals narrows

Picture: REUTERS
2 day(s) ago

Louis Vuitton losing ground as most valuable luxury brand as competitors gain, new research report shows

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Multimedia

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Trade & Industry

SUMMIT TV: Japan-Africa cooperation

Trade & Industry

SUMMIT TV: Argentina’s incredible ‘shrinking’ economy
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Economy

SUMMIT TV: No end in sight for central banks
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Foreign banks battle to crack tough Russian market

State banks are dominant, though the former communist country remains relatively underbanked

Europe

Vodafone to retain Verizon payout as sales slide

2 day(s) ago

Vodafone says it will not distribute £2.1bn dividend from Verizon Wireless to investors

National

Zuma discusses SA investment opportunities with Canada

President Jacob Zuma, right, welcomes Canadian governor-general David Johnston outside De Tuynhuys, the Cape Town office of the Presidency, on Monday. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
2 day(s) ago

South Africa offers good opportunities for Canadian investors, says President Jacob Zuma after talks with Canadian Governor-General David Johnston

Europe

Ireland denies it is to blame for Apple’s low tax rate

IRISH PRESENCE: A sign at the offices of Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple, Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland. Picture: REUTERS
2 day(s) ago

US Senate says Apple paid little or no tax on tens of billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish subsidiaries

Asia-Pacific

China and India promise détente over persistent border dispute

EXILES: Tibetans shout slogans during a protest against Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India, at Majnu Ka Tila, a Tibetan refugee camp, in New Delhi on Monday. Picture: REUTERS
3 day(s) ago

India and China agree to accelerate talks as they seek to draw a line under a military standoff along part of disputed border

Middle East

Security crisis deepens in Iraq

Relatives carry the coffin of an Iraqi police officer killed by militants during a funeral in Najaf, around 160 km south of Baghdad, on Monday. Picture: REUTERS
3 day(s) ago

Two days of bombings, attacks on police and a botched hostage rescue kill 50 people in Iraq

African News

Obama’s African itinerary questioned in Kenya

US President Barack Obama. Picture: REUTERS
2 day(s) ago

US President Barack Obama to visit SA, Senegal and Tanzania next month but will shun Kenya, birthplace of his father

Americas

Guatemala court overturns dictator’s genocide conviction

2 day(s) ago

Top court upends genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, ordering that trial be taken back to middle of proceedings

Europe

Gay marriage bill intensifies divisions in Britain

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Number 10 Downing Street during snow fall in central London on Friday. Fewer than 30 Britons are at risk in Algeria after a hostage attack by Islamist militants on a desert gas complex and the subsequent rescue attempt by Algerian government forces, Mr Cameron said on Friday. Picture: REUTERS
3 day(s) ago

Rebels in British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party on course to oppose him again over plans to introduce gay marriage

Telecoms & Technology

MTN cracks top 100 in most valuable brands survey

2 day(s) ago

MTN ranked 79th in the annual Millward-Brown BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands survey

Asia-Pacific

Japan warns of shaky future on its public debt

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso. Picture: REUTERS
3 day(s) ago

Japanese government panel warns there is 'absolutely no guarantee' that domestic investors will keep financing the country’s large public debt

Americas

Oklahoma lowers tornado death toll amid frantic search

Storm chaser photographer Brad Mack records a tornado near a home in South Haven, Kansas on Monday. A massive storm front hammered central US with tornadoes, including a twister that struck near Oklahoma City. Picture: REUTERS
2 day(s) ago

Emergency workers search for survivors in rubble of homes, schools and hospital in Oklahoma town hit by massive tornado

Asia-Pacific

Bank of Japan keeps policy on hold

The Bank of Japan. Picture: REUTERS
1 day(s) ago

Board member fails to loosen central bank’s commitment to achieving 2% inflation target within two years

In depth: Brics

News, views, analysis and multimedia coverage of the Brics nations and their annual summit in Durban

SA-China partnership

An in-depth look at the history, meaning and development of relations between SA and China

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