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South Africa fights to save its apartheid-era steel mills

Looming closure of century-old plants threatens to kill manufacturing in continent’s most industrialised economy

Financial Times
Feb 16, 2025
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How the UK’s competition regulator lost the trust of ministers

CMA chair Marcus Bokkerink was told by phone he was to resign after months of rising frustration within government

Financial Times
Feb 16, 2025
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VTB Europe’s liquidators accuse Angola of loan default

Frankfurt-based firm, which has been ringfenced from Russian parent, launches arbitration proceedings

Financial Times
Feb 16, 2025
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Japan’s $1.5bn bet on ultra-thin solar cells in challenge to China

Tokyo aims to disrupt Beijing’s dominance of renewables and reduce fossil fuel dependence

Financial Times
Feb 16, 2025
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IndiGo sheds budget domestic airline tag with upmarket overseas push

India’s largest carrier adds business class and more international routes

Financial Times
Feb 16, 2025
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France hails a young heroine: Violette, conqueror of the waves

The 23-year-old has become the youngest solo sailor to race around the world. Now it’s hoped her example will inspire a…

The Guardian
Feb 16, 2025
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Several killed in India stampede on way to world's largest religious gathering

At least 18 people died in a stampede at a New Delhi railway station late Saturday as crowds rushed to board trains bou…

France 24
Feb 16, 2025
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Convicted murderer among three members of NZYQ cohort to be resettled in Nauru under deal struck by Labor

Three non-citizens with criminal histories taken into immigration detention in preparation for removal from Australia, …

The Guardian
Feb 16, 2025
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At least 48 people killed in Mali goldmine collapse

Rescuers still searching for victims at the illegally operated mine in the west of the countryAt least 48 people have b…

The Guardian
Feb 16, 2025
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‘Work from home if you can’: Sydney commuters warned of more public transport chaos

Train workers claim Fair Work Commission win as rail union warns of more potential delays and disruptions across networ…

The Guardian
Feb 16, 2025
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China tightens grip on tech, minerals and engineers as trade war spirals

Groups such as Apple contractor Foxconn hit by efforts to stop knowhow and equipment leaving the country

Financial Times
Feb 16, 2025
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Several people dead after stampede at India train station

Several people were killed in a stampede at a railway station in India’s capitol of New Delhi, according to officials. …

NBC News
Feb 16, 2025
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