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A man uses Uber application on his mobile phone in Cairo, November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Uber launched in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital Abidjan on Thursday, part of its expansion into African markets with … Continue reading Uber takes to streets of Ivory Coast in African expansion
A visitor enters the ABBA: Super Troupers The Exhibition at the O2 in London, Britain, December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner LONDON (Reuters) – From a superfan’s shrine to a replica of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest stage where they triumphed … Continue reading ‘Super Trouper’: ABBA exhibition opens in London
A visitor enters the ABBA: Super Troupers The Exhibition at the O2 in London, Britain, December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner LONDON (Reuters) – From a superfan’s shrine to a replica of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest stage where they triumphed … Continue reading ‘Super Trouper’: ABBA exhibition opens in London
A health worker fills a syringe with Ebola vaccine before injecting it to a patient, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – The global vaccine alliance GAVI said on Thursday it had … Continue reading Ebola vaccine doses to be stockpiled for emergency outbreak use
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Failing state-owned airline South African Airways (SAA) will enter a business rescue process, a deputy minister and the parliamentary committee conducting oversight of the airline said on Wednesday. Deserted counters are seen as South African Airways (SAA) … Continue reading FACTBOX:The struggles of South African state airline SAA
LONDON (Reuters) – A showbiz decade marked by the emergence of the #MeToo movement, drama at Oscar time and a clutch of star-studded royal weddings is drawing to a close. Following are selected highlights. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prince William and … Continue reading A decade in showbiz: #MeToo, Oscar drama and star-studded weddings
LONDON (Reuters) – Four years after wrapping up his second James Bond film, Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes is back, this time on the front lines of World War One in “1917,” an ambitious drama inspired by his grandfather’s experiences. Director … Continue reading Inspired by grandfather, ‘Bond’ director Mendes returns with tense war film ‘1917’
LONDON/RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco is looking to buy insurance against war and terror attacks after a damaging drone and missile attack on some of its oil facilities in September, two sources told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen at … Continue reading Exclusive: Saudi Aramco pursues war cover after attacks – sources
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu attends the unveiling ceremony of a statue of Nelson Mandela at the City Hall in Cape Town, South Africa, July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s … Continue reading South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu in hospital
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Estonia based ride-hailing app Bolt plans to double its service in South Africa to include at least 30 more cities and suburbs, the firm said on Wednesday, as it steps up its challenge to Uber’s dominance. A … Continue reading Bolt expands South African operations to small towns
France’s President Emmanuel Macron arrives for the NATO leaders summit in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls WATFORD, England (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he wanted a clarification from west African leaders on France’s military … Continue reading Macron wants Sahel leaders to clarify stance on French military operation in region
TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) – In a barn in southwest France, farmer Valerie Fosserie squirts serum into a gosling’s mouth as a prelude to what she says is production of the world’s first ethically friendly foie gras. A dish with a … Continue reading Force-feeding off menu as France trials ‘naturally fatty’ foie gras
