European allies have rallied behind Ukraine in a renewed surge of support, insisting that any peace talks with Russia must include Kyiv. It comes as Donald Trump prepares to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. “The path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine,” said a joint statement…
Washington — President Trump plans to announce a pact for peace between two former Soviet republics, Azerbaijan and Armenia, at the White House on Friday. Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, and Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, will be at the White House for a “Historic Peace Summit” and a “Peace Signing Ceremony,” Mr. Trump wrote Thursday…
Cell C’s Johannesburg headquarters. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Cell C’s precarious financial position came under the spotlight this morning, when the Competition Commission argued before the Competition Tribunal. At a hearing, the commission argued that the plan for Blue Label Telecoms to acquire control of the operator would effectively throw the country’s fourth-largest mobile network…
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MultiChoice Group has announced details for the first time about its plans to restructure the shareholding in its main South African operation to facilitate the JSE-listed broadcaster’s sale to France’s Groupe Canal+. The move comes 10 days after the two companies secured the green light from the Competition Tribunal for their transaction to proceed. The…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday expressed confidence that the U.S. and China are on the way to a trade pact as a key tariff deadline nears. “I believe that we have the makings of a deal,” Bessent said during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “There’s still a few technical details to be worked…
Adie Bush | Connect Images | Getty Images Shares of Hanwha Ocean surged as much as 16.06% on Thursday to their highest levels since July 2015, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a blanket 15% tariff on Seoul’s exports to the U.S. According to Reuters, Kim Dong-kwan, the vice chairman of the Hanwha Group,…
A top South African diplomat said on Tuesday that US demands on domestic affirmative action policies were complicating efforts to secure a trade deal, days before a 30% tariff on South African exports to the US takes effect. South Africa has tried for months to persuade US President Donald Trump’s administration to lower the tariff…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 28, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Stock markets in the U.S. and Europe didn’t seem that delighted with the U.S.-European Union trade deal reached over the weekend. The S&P 500 ticked up, but…
The new trade agreement between the U.S. and the European Union will lift tariffs on imports of goods from EU countries to their highest level in decades and hurt the trading bloc’s economic growth, according to some experts. “It is an asymmetric and unbalanced deal,” economists with investment bank Société Générale said in a…
