Saudi Arabia lifts 20-year ban on SA meat imports, initiates strategic economic expansion into Africa
Saudi Arabia has ended a 20-year ban on South African meat imports, marking a strategic investment in the continent’s leading economy.
Saudi Arabia has ended a 20-year ban on South African meat imports, marking a strategic investment in the continent’s leading economy.
In the wake of Saudi Arabia’s foray into global sports, including a proposed $5 billion investment in the Indian Premier League (IPL), a critical concern emerges: climate change.
Adding countries to the BRICS bloc will matter economically if Saudi Arabia is one of them but otherwise it’s hard to see the point.
The BRICS group of emerging markets — Brazil, Russia, India and China, with South Africa added later — has gone from a slogan dreamed up at an investment bank to a real-world club that also controls a major development bank.
Chinese President Xi Jinping reboots his global statesman image – signing landmarks deals and restoring diplomatic ties.
At the screening of a film about Soviet horror, thugs arrive to intimidate free-thinking Russians, writes James Freeman of The Wall Street Journal.
“Crude prices neared their lowest levels since May as investors worry that travel restrictions and delayed office reopenings will limit fuel consumption.”
‘Saudi Arabia plans to increase its oil output in the coming months, reversing a recent big production cut’, reports The Wall Street Journal.
‘Oil prices, which had already risen sharply on news of the OPEC-plus deal, soared on the Saudi announcement’, says The Wall Street Journal.
Battered Sasol shareholders could see some relief after the oil price jumped the most in a day since data was recorded.