Takealot, South Africa’s leading online retailer, is introducing delivery within an hour for items ranging from phone chargers to toys as it braces for Amazon.com Inc. to enter the country’s e-commerce sector.
Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek urged commercial banks to prioritize growth in corporate loans, stressing the need for lower consumer spending to rebalance the Middle East’s largest non-oil economy.
A South Korean university has started an investigation into one of the authors of a paper claiming to have synthesized the world’s first room-temperature superconductor, after a complaint that he posted it online without the consent of its co-authors.
Using public sirens to warn Lahaina residents about last week’s fire — which killed at least 111 — could have sent some people fleeing straight into the path of the flames, the head of Maui’s emergency management agency said.
Traders are scrutinizing every word from Japanese currency officials with renewed intensity as nine straight days of declines in the yen increases anxiety over the risk of intervention in the market.
President Joe Biden’s plan to limit certain investments in China may prove a boon for US intelligence agencies.
Self-described libertarians seem to pop up in political circles in every corner of the globe. But few mean it quite like Argentina’s Javier Milei.
Israel said it will proceed with the biggest military export agreement in the country’s history after the US backed Germany’s $3.5 billion purchase of the Arrow 3 air-defense system.
A Singapore lawmaker initially appointed to run Grab Holdings Ltd.’s government relations department has left the tech firm, months after a public backlash over potential conflicts of interest forced the company to move her to a different role.
Lenovo Group Ltd. fell its most in nearly three months after missing profit estimates for the second straight quarter, underscoring the depth of a global electronics market downturn.
