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© Reuters. Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group are deployed near a local circus in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer (Reuters) -Following are reactions from foreign governments to the news from…

Why speak up when you’ve won the game? McGough admits that her “hard up” working class background might make her more likely to feel that she now has “enough.” She left school for her first job at 16 and set up her first company with her…

Credit: Pixel-Shot, Shutterstock If every Australian household that uses gas went all-electric today, we would "save" more than 30 million…

You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here. JEREMY MAGGS: You might have heard that the Minister of Electricity (Kgosientsho Ramokgopa) has announced plans to install smart meters in homes in South Africa. The idea, as I…

You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here. This interview was originally aired on RSG Geldsake and has been translated into English in this transcript. RYK VAN NIEKERK: Last week there was a high-level meeting between President…

Of the media budget in 2019-20, 14.7 per cent went to the press category, dropping to 11.7 per cent in 2020-21 (and the previously stated 9.6 percent in 2021-22). The federal government spent 6 per cent of its $239.6 million media budget on…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously revived whistleblower lawsuits claiming that supermarket and pharmacy chains SuperValu and Safeway overcharged government health-care programs for…

A National Audit Office (NAO) report into the government’s planned net-zero technology investments has concluded that further action is needed to ensure it gets value for money from the £4.2bn it has set aside to support the…

A file photo of a person holding ₹2000 rupee currency notes. Opposition leaders across the political spectrum argued that the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to withdraw ₹2000 notes from circulation proves their point that the…

Ageing populations are hitting public finances across the world, with rating agencies warning that recent interest rate rises have increased the impact of higher pensions and healthcare costs.As interest rates soar in response to the…