CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African power utility Eskom on Sunday said police were investigating whether an attempt was made to poison its outgoing Chief Executive Officer Andre de Ruyter. Faced with political pressure, De Ruyter resigned on Dec. 14 after failing to solve a crisis in the company that has led to record levels…
(This Jan. 6 story has been corrected to fix the final paragraph to say 2 billion trips to be made, not 2 billion people to travel) By Joe Cash and Ellen Zhang BEIJING (Reuters) – After three years of dealing with some of the world’s toughest COVID-19 curbs, there are early signs that Chinese consumers…
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Mercedes Benz expects double-digit sales growth in India this year, despite concerns that a weaker rupee could increase car prices, the head of its local unit said in an interview. The German luxury carmaker’s sales in India rose 41% last year to 15,822 cars, its highest ever in…
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation will meet Pakistan’s finance minister on the sidelines of a conference in Geneva beginning on Jan. 9, a spokesperson of the lender said on Sunday, as Pakistan struggles to restart its bailout programme. The lender is yet to approve the release of…
