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Over 70 killed as fire guts run-down Johannesburg apartment block
More than 70 people were killed overnight when fire raged through a five-story Johannesburg apartment block, one of the worst such disasters in a city ... World News -
BRICS launches ‘working group’ to study reference currency for trade: Brazil's Lula
Brazil’s President Lula da Silva said the group of major emerging economies has started a “working group to study a reference currency for BRICS,” in ... World News -
BRICS nations agree on expansion: South African FM
Leaders of the BRICS bloc of leading developing nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - have agreed mechanisms for considering new ... World News -
BRICS to focus on reducing dollar reliance, South African deputy president says
Leaders of the BRICS nations will focus on ways to reduce dependence on the dollar when they meet starting Tuesday, South African Deputy President ... World News -
BRICS Summit: Experts explain what’s on each country’s agenda
The five nations in the economic bloc BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – will each push to further their agenda at the summit ... World News -
South Africa’s Ramaphosa voices support for BRICS group expansion
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed support for an expansion of the BRICS group of emerging market powers, which will gather for its ... World News -
Indonesia’s president to attend BRICS summit in South Africa
Indonesian President Joko Widodo departed for South Africa on Sunday to attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg amid speculation that the country ... World News -
BRICS leaders meet to discuss expansion and geopolitical influence
BRICS leaders meet in South Africa next week to discuss how to turn a loose club of nations accounting for a quarter of the global economy into a ... World News -
New Zealand court finds mother guilty of murdering three daughters
A New Zealand court on Wednesday found a woman guilty of murdering her three young daughters after a harrowing month-long trial.For all the latest ... World News -
BRICS isn’t competing with any bloc, no agenda item of de-dollarization: Official
The BRICS group of emerging-market nations will discuss deep-ening the use of local currencies in trade between member states at a summit in South ... World News -
Former South African President Zuma appears at prison
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma appeared at the Estcourt correctional facility on Friday morning and was released under a remission process ... World News -
Iran seeks South Africa’s support for ‘accelerated’ membership into BRICS
Iran asked South Africa’s government to support its “accelerated” membership of BRICS, as the five-nation bloc prepares to hold a summit later this ... World News -
Five killed in South Africa's Cape Town as taxi strikes turn violent
Five people have been killed in the South African city of Cape Town as a strike by mini-bus taxi drivers that began last week turned violent, ... World News -
BRICS summit, economic shift: Exploring a new currency and possible de-dollarization
While finding an alternative payments solution is fraught with challenges, bloc members nonetheless stay bullish to explore such a possibility World News -
Belarus applied to join BRICS club, Russian agency reports
Belarus applied in May to join the BRICS club of five leading developing economies, Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency reported on Tuesday.“This ... World News -
One dead, 48 injured in unexplained explosion in South Africa's Johannesburg
A body was found in central Johannesburg early Thursday after an unexplained blast ripped through a busy street at rush hour the previous evening, the ... World News -
Putin will not attend BRICS summit in South Africa, to participate via video call
Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in South Africa’s BRICS summit in August via a video call, the state RIA news agency said on Wednesday ... World News -
Arresting Putin would amount to ‘declaration of war’ on Russia: South Africa
Arresting Vladimir Putin would amount to a declaration of war on Russia, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa wrote in court papers released on ... World News -
Ukraine grain deal goal ‘not implemented’ in call with Ramaphosa: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said the main objective of the deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports to resume was not achieved, in a ... World News -
Putin wants to attend summit, host country dissuades over his arrest warrant
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to attend an economic summit in South Africa next month and the country is desperately trying to persuade him ... World News -
BRICS summit to be held in-person despite Putin arrest warrant: South Africa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday that next month’s BRICS summit, which Vladimir Putin has been invited to, will be held in-person ... World News -
Gas leak kills 16 in South African slum: Emergency services
South African emergency services revised the death toll on Thursday from a gas leak at a slum near Johannesburg to 16 from an initial report of 24.“We ... World News -
Zulu king’s entourage denies rumors he is ill
Uncertainty reigned on Sunday over the health of South Africa’s Zulu king, the head of the country’s most influential traditional monarchy, with his ... World News -
South Africa says Russia mutiny won’t affect African peace efforts in Ukraine
South Africa’s foreign minister Naledi Pandor said on Tuesday that last weekend’s attempted mutiny in Russia would not affect African efforts to ... World News -
Brazil’s president discusses Ukraine war, BRICS with South African counterpart
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday he had discussed the war between Russia and Ukraine and an upcoming BRICS summit with ... World News -
Fire kills two children stuck in Johannesburg apartment
A blaze ripped through a dilapidated building in Johannesburg on Wednesday, killing two children aged under 10 who were locked in an apartment, South ... World News -
South Africa’s president tells Putin ‘war has to have an end’
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is in Russia as part of a peace-seeking delegation, on Saturday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir ... World News -
African leaders arrive for Ukraine talks with Russia’s Putin
African leaders hoping to mediate in the Ukraine conflict were welcomed to a government palace near St Petersburg on Saturday by Russian President ... World News -
S.Africa’s Johannesburg residents feel tremors after 5.0 magnitude quake
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake shook South Africa’s Johannesburg on Sunday morning, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.The USGS said the earthquake ... World News -
South Africa says open to hosting peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
South Africa said it was open to hosting talks between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed an African ... World News