In brief: The week in business

Read More Pick n Pay stocks over 300 plant-based products Grocery retailer Pick n Pay said this week it had doubled the number of plant-based products it stocks over the past two years, and sales continue to grow year-on-year, with newness driving this growth among local customers.  “Veganism is a growing trend as customers increasingly […]

Sade – the smooth operator who is always by your side

Read More Unlike hardcore fans, who have been sharing images, personal recollections and music ever since I was assigned this to story to coincide with Sade turning 63 this week, I didn’t grow up listening to her. I don’t have the strong memories of hearing Your Love is King in some uncle or neighbour’s backyard, […]

Political din will only get louder in 2023

Read More If you’re hoping for less drama in our political life this year, think again. This is a pre-election year. It’s time for political parties to build up material for use in their electoral campaigns in 2024. But this pre-election year is likely to yield even more drama than previous pre-election years.  Besides the […]

What businesses and chief executives are most afraid of in 2023

Read More Businesses worldwide are gearing up for a difficult year, citing a number of crises that include cybercrime, Russia’s war on Ukraine, rising energy and commodity prices, and accelerating wage and price inflation.  Two reports released this week — the Allianz Risk Barometer and the PwC Global CEO survey — highlighted the biggest problems […]

US sending another $2.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine

Post Content The Pentagon announced Thursday that it is sending an additional $2.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine, including 90 Stryker combat vehicles for the first time and another 59 Bradley fighting vehicles. The latest package will also replenish the U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, and […]

Nordio contro i pm antimafia “Le Camere non siano supine”

Read More ROMA – Nordio sulle intercettazioni non demorde. Sì “per mafia, terrorismo e reati satelliti”. Ma non cita la corruzione. Parole sempre uguali, alla Camera ieri, al Senato il giorno prima. Le stesse da quando è Guardasigilli, e prim’ancora da magistrato. Stavolta con una punta di fastidio vagamente snob: “Non c’è peggior sordo di chi […]

Ucraina – Russia, le news dalla guerra oggi. Direttore della Cia ha incontrato in segreto Zelensky. L’ambasciata russa : ‘Sequestrati missili anticarro italiani’. Kiev: basta tremare davanti a Putin

Read More  Il direttore della Cia William Burns è volato in gran segreto a Kiev alla fine della scorsa settimana e ha incontrato il presidente Volodymyr Zelensky, al quale ha comunicato quali sono le aspettative per le prossime mosse militari della Russia. Lo riporta il Washington Post citando alcune fonti. E mentre Medvedev torna a […]