World News – 29 September 2025

• Trump Admin Is Breaking the CCP’s Hold on Rare Earths: Key to countering China’s dominance is to make mining and refining profitable again in the United States.
• The Chinese communist regime launched an Arctic shipping route to Europe, renewing world attention to its “Polar Silk Road” ambitions.
• The Chinese regime said that it has imposed trade restrictions on six U.S. defense companies, adding to signs that trade tensions between Beijing and Washington remain.
• President Donald Trump approved the TikTok U.S. deal, signing an executive order that will give China-based ByteDance 120 days to finalize terms with American investors.
• Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) is demanding that Philadelphia reverse its decision to hold a flag-raising event honoring the anniversary of the founding of communist China.
• The United Nations has again denied press credentials to several reporters from two U.S. media companies—The Epoch Times and its sister outlet, NTD—following a pattern over the past two decades that has raised concerns of Chinese influence behind the scenes.
• The CCP has issued new rules targeting the online activities of religious leaders, further tightening its control over faith groups. Analysts say the measures are a part of the CCP’s broader effort to suppress public expression of religious beliefs and control ordinary citizens.
• The FCC has denied applications for recognition from a second batch of China-controlled “bad labs,” which refer to labs that review and approve electronics for use in the United States, but are under the control of a foreign adversary, the agency said in a Sept. 26 statement.
• Multiple People Shot at Mormon Church in Michigan: At least four people were killed and at least eight injured when a gunman opened fire inside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan and set the building ablaze, authorities said on Sept. 28, adding that the suspected shooter has been taken down. The shooting occurred at the church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Sept. 28, authorities wrote on social media. The gunman, Thomas Jacob Sanford, was a former US Marine. He set fire to the church.
• Trump Calls for End to ‘Epidemic of Violence’ After Mormon Church Shooting: President Donald Trump on Sunday called for an end to an “epidemic of violence” across the United States following a shooting that left casualties at a Mormon church in Michigan,…
• California Solar Plant Once Hailed as a Marvel Will Shut Down: It is a familiar sight for revelers traveling Interstate 15 from Southern California to Las Vegas: In the final stretches of the Californian Mojave Desert, just before the Nevada…
• Analysts Call for Rethink of UK Wind Power Strategy Amid Rising Costs: Energy analysts and energy providers warn that the United Kingdom’s current system for managing wind power is driving up consumer bills and will continue to do so in the years…
• 193 Developers Identified in China’s ‘Great Firewall’ Leak: Internet freedom company Dynamic Internet Technology has identified 193 developers behind the recent leak of 100,000 documents that shed light into how China is exporting mass surveillance and censorship tools…
• The Persistent Push to Depict Luigi Mangione and His Supporters as Terrorists: Trump calls them extremists. Mainstream media casts them as unhinged.
• GOP Reviving Executions for Iryna Zarutska’s Murder, but Rolling Back Reforms Won’t Prevent These Crimes: The far right proposed turning back the clock on lots of criminal justice reforms to prevent similar crimes, but not the change that might work.
• Pete Hegseth Orders Top Military Leaders to Attend Mystery Meeting: “To say the military leadership is anxious would be an understatement,” one defense official said.
• The Bullet as Shitpost: Media Won’t Publish Manifestos but Reproduces Scrawls on Casing: From “ANTI-ICE” to “Notices bulges OwO,” the media latches onto memes on bullets. At its core, it’s the shooters trolling.
• These Countries Recognized Palestine, but Still Send Arms to Israel: Canada, France, and the United Kingdom recognized Palestine as a state this week but continue to fund Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
• He Has a Green Card and a Brain Tumor. DHS Wants to Deport Him for Forgery With No Proof: Paramjit Singh is going blind in ICE detention. DHS wants to deport him for a forgery conviction — but they’ve produced no record that one exists.
• Venezuela Boat Crews Targeted by Trump Are Low-Level Pawns in the Drug Game: When drug boat operators get caught, they usually get a few years in prison. Now Trump is executing them without trials.
• What Liberals Get Wrong About Trump’s Executive Order on Antifa: Liberals dismiss antifa as just an idea — instead of acting to defend the activists, researchers, and organizers facing persecution.
• The confirmation that Helen Zille will resign from her position in the DA and focus only on running for Joburg mayor provides the first piece of direction for next year’s local elections. The key to whether she succeeds will be whether the ANC can produce a message and a candidate to counter her, whether the uMkhonto Wesizwe party still has momentum in the city, and which issues come to dominate the election campaign.
• Russia launched its heaviest attack on Kyiv since the start of its war on Ukraine, early on Sunday. Hundreds of drones and missiles were launched on the city, killing four people and injuring dozens.
• Europe fended off a desperate US resurgence to win the Ryder Cup. Despite a ferocious home crowd advantage, the Americans ultimately lost 15-13. Considering how things seemed utterly lost on Sunday morning, that they even managed double digits is a credit to Team USA on the final day.
• New York City Mayor Eric Adams has bowed out of the race for re-election. All eyes will be on current favourite Zohran Mamdani, who will likely face his toughest opponent in Governor Andrew Cuomo.
• Australia’s telco Optus is under fire again: a fresh outage south of Sydney comes just days after an emergency line disruption resulted in four deaths.
• The UK’s Rachel Reeves will pledge to end long-term youth unemployment by guaranteeing jobs for Universal Credit claimants, seeking to lift Labour’s ratings before a tough November budget.
• Algeria will launch its first R39.8bn ($2.3bn) sovereign sukuk in November, aiming to diversify financing and reduce reliance on oil. A sukuk is often described as an Islamic bond – structured differently to comply with Shariah (Islamic law), which prohibits interest.
• South Africa’s mining output is falling after years of underinvestment, leaving little appetite for new processing plants. Water constraints, policy uncertainty, weak growth, unemployment, poverty and the resulting risk of social unrest make investment even less likely.
• Cilo Cybin is levelling up on the JSE, sliding into the general segment today – looser rules, faster moves, fewer shareholder hoops.
• Gold Fields shareholders have given its R37.5bn (A$3.3bn) Gold Road takeover the green light, cashing out Northern Star shares for R12.5bn (A$1.1bn) via JP Morgan. Court ticked, shareholders happy, bridge loan trimmed — all glitter, no drama.
• Moldova’s ruling pro-European party was on track to win re-election, keeping the country on the path to EU membership and raising the risk of an escalation in tensions with Russia. In case you missed it, we wrote about Vladimir Putin’s secret plan to hack the pivotal election.
• Kyiv came under another major Russian drone and missile attack that left at least four people dead. The airstrikes came hours after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy revealed that the country had recently received a US-made Patriot air defense system. He also indicated that Ukraine was ready to secure additional arms deals with the US.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to hold a crucial White House meeting with President Donald Trump, their fourth since Trump took office in January. Israeli troops pushed deep into Gaza City yesterday, with tanks and military vehicles advancing to al-Nasser street, a main road in the center of the city.
• UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is facing pushback from her own party at the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, where she needs to convince disgruntled colleagues that her economic program can undermine the populist right, without risking her reputation for fiscal prudence.
• Trump to Meet Democrats With Both Sides Dug In on Shutdown.
• UK Sees Biggest-Ever Migrant Arrival as Boats Get Bigger.
• UK Firms Turn Secretive About Starting Pay in Cooling Market.
• As France’s Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu navigates a narrowing path to political survival, the 39-year-old is under pressure from the left, the extreme right and even his own centrist allies to include higher levies on the well-heeled as part of an effort to rein in the largest deficit in the euro area.
• The country’s fifth premier in less than two years on Friday criticized calls for a broad-based wealth tax. But he left the door open to measures that could affect the richest, saying it’s impossible not to hear French people’s demands for “tax justice.”
• Debate is raging with rare intensity in France on whether the wealthy should shoulder a bigger role in filling government coffers. Protesters—some carrying ‘Take From the Rich’ placards—have marched through Paris and other cities, police arrested people planning to blockade the headquarters of shipping company CMA CGM, controlled by billionaire Rodolphe Saadé and his family.
• Harrods customers had personal data stolen, the latest cyberattack affecting major UK businesses this year. The information, including names and contact details, was taken from the systems of a third-party provider.
• With about a third of Nelson Mandela Bay’s traffic lights out of order and repair costs running into millions, acting city manager Ted Pillay last week indicated that he supported a proposal to hold negligent drivers financially accountable. Meanwhile, the contract for the repair and maintenance of traffic lights has also lapsed.
• Prosus’s OLX is driving into France with the purchase of La Centrale — a dominant auto classifieds platform. For South Africans, it’s more than a foreign headline: if you hold Naspers shares, your pension is riding shotgun.
• Ukraine – One of the worst bombardments of Kyiv since the start of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has killed at least four people. Russia launched nearly 600 drones and more than 40 cruise missiles in a bombardment that lasted more than 12 hours over Saturday night and into Sunday morning.
• Employment – New graduates will find it difficult to find a job after a 35% drop in hiring by employers over the last year, according to analysis by a leading recruitment data provider. The firm said the overall jobs market is “cooling, not collapsing”.
• Moldova – Moldova’s ruling pro-European party is on course to retain its parliamentary majority after Sunday’s pivotal election, seen as a test of the president’s push to keep the country of 2.4 million on track for EU membership rather than drifting back towards Moscow.
• Gaza – Israel has pressed on with its offensive in Gaza as Donald Trump claimed again to be on the brink of a breakthrough in negotiations for a ceasefire in the devastated territory. Witnesses said Israeli tanks were advancing through Gaza City towards coastal areas where hundreds of thousands are sheltering.
• New York – The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, announced on Sunday that he is abandoning his faltering bid to win re-election. In a veiled allusion to the democratic socialist frontrunner, Zohran Mamdani, he said that the city faced “destructive extremist forces”.
• Rachel Reeves announced plans to cut the universal winter fuel payment for pensioners, a hugely popular universal benefit, before being forced into a U-turn.
• Seven MPs were suspended for backing an amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap, a draconian response that has accelerated moves on the left to form a new party, with talk of an electoral pact with the Greens.
• Welfare reforms around disability benefits had to be diluted after a major Labour rebellion.
• Starmer condemned racist riots after the Southport killings, but drew criticism for his silence on the anti-immigrant agenda fuelling them. Months later he warned the UK risked becoming “an island of strangers” without getting tougher immigration controls – language widely compared to Enoch Powell, which he later said he regretted.
• Labour proscribed Palestine Action under terrorism laws, provoking mass arrests and demonstrations – as well as a political headache.
• Seven former government ministers have left since Starmer’s government won power, with at times damaging resignations, such as Angela Rayner’s this summer, amid revelations she had improperly paid stamp duty on a second home.
• Starmer defended US ambassador Peter Mandelson over his links to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, only to reverse course and sack him days later.
• The dizzying shifts in how political identity is formed and reformed are one of the central themes of this fascinating study of the Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow: the narratives are old, one expert says, but “It’s the algorithmic amplification … which is different.”
• Gen Z has been dubbed the “sober curious” generation, but they’ve not given up alcohol entirely. Industry leaders suggest they are drawn to innovative styles such as orange wine. They just don’t want to get black out drunk, which is fair enough.
• New rules make it easier to dismiss employees in South Africa: New rules in South Africa give businesses greater flexibility in managing dismissals, relaxing procedural requirements, expanding grounds for incapacity or misconduct, and easing probation rules.
• SARS is coming after retirement savings: Proposed tax law changes signal that the SARS may extend new tax burdens to retirement funds, potentially undoing years of retirement planning and reducing future income security.
• Truth about the end of Eskom sabotage: Sabotage at Eskom, which former CEO Andre de Ruyter claimed caused two stages of load-shedding, has since declined due to SAPS interventions and a change in how maintenance is done at the utility.
• Ramaphosa is a lame duck: President Ramaphosa’s consensus-driven leadership style, combined with the ANC’s structural inefficiencies and factionalism, has left South Africa without decisive leadership to tackle its crises.
• Important information about new traffic fine rules in South Africa: Fines SA has warned South African motorists and businesses to prepare for stricter unpaid fine penalties after the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) comes into effect.
• Falling like dominoes: The crisis in South Africa that threatens national security
  Water expert Dr Anthony Turton warns that South Africa’s ballooning non-revenue water crisis is pushing municipalities to bankruptcy, which could cause them to fall like dominoes.
• Serious warning from a top South African CEO about expropriation without compensation: Remgro CEO Jannie Durand warned that the government taking property without market-related compensation will have severely negative consequences for South Africa.
• South African Reserve Bank running out of time: Lowering South Africa’s inflation target could provide a much-needed economic boost by allowing for lower interest rates, but the window of opportunity to make this change is closing.
• Eskom’s war on competition: Eskom’s conduct, along with the silence of the Competition Commission, threatens to unravel South Africa’s reformed, liberalised electricity sector before it even begins.
• New luxury development coming to the V&A Waterfront: A new luxury development, 5 Dock Road, is launching in Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront, and apartments are flying off the shelves.
• One court case could break South Africa’s economy: Expropriation of land without compensation in South Africa would undermine property rights, deter investment, damage international relations, and ultimately lower living standards for all citizens, Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux warned.
• An assailant targeted The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The attack began just before 10:30 am, when the suspect drove a pickup truck adorned with American flags into the church, where services were underway. He then opened fire on congregants and is believed to have set the building on fire. An unknown number of victims were believed to be trapped inside the church. After roughly 10 minutes, the assailant was killed in an exchange of gunfire with responding police officers. See live updates here. The attack came after a mass shooting in Southport, North Carolina, Saturday evening, where a separate combat veteran killed at least three people and wounded eight others.
• President Donald Trump on Saturday directed the Pentagon to send US troops to Portland, Oregon. It is not yet clear which branch of the military will be deployed or when.
• Assata Shakur, Black liberation activist who was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper, dies at age 78 after living in Cuba in exile for 40 years (More)
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” fully back on the air after network TV giants Nexstar and Sinclair reinstate Kimmel more than a week after suspending his show.
• Dolly Parton postpones upcoming December shows in Las Vegas, citing health issues.
• Amazon expected to unveil new models of its Kindle reader and Echo speakers, among other products, at its annual fall hardware event tomorrow.
• Dual-drug inhaler cuts asthma attacks in children aged 5 to 15 by 45% in clinical trials; approach would replace the commonly used salbutamol inhaler.
• Engineers demonstrate micro-robots made from lung cells; devices may enable targeted drug delivery in hard-to-reach areas of the body.
• US stock markets close up Friday (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.7%, Nasdaq +0.4%) following report core inflation held steady in August, as expected.
• Video game company Electronic Arts is reportedly set to go private this week via a $50B acquisition by investment group, including President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
• IT consulting firm Accenture warns it will fire workers who cannot be retrained to use AI; firm has laid off 11,000 staff in the past three months.
• New York City Mayor Eric Adams ends his bid for reelection; Adams was running as an independent after winning his first term as a Democrat.
• Crowd surge at a rally in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu kills at least 40 people.
• State Department revokes Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s visa after he joins pro-Palestinian rally in New York.
• Tropical Storm Imelda forms in the Atlantic, is expected to bring heavy rains to the Southeast US this week.
• The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a concept release soliciting public comment on how to improve current SEC rules governing residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and certain aspects of asset-backed securities (ABS) generally.
• The SA Department of Transport says driving licence cards remain valid after expiry, if the holder can prove they’ve applied for a new one.
• Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, overnight. Four people were killed and dozens were injured in what was one of the most sustained attacks since Moscow’s invasion.
• Denmark’s defense ministry reported more drone sightings overnight Saturday into Sunday at several of its armed forces’ locations.
• An American citizen held by the Taliban since December 2024 has been released from Afghanistan, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday.
• As the United Nations General Assembly wrapped this week, Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the U.S. “really needs to step it up” in helping Ukraine in the war against Russia.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Friday. The leader made defiant statements about the countries that recently recognized the Palestinian state, while U.N. delegates walked out.
• Remgro CEO Jannie Durand warned that the government taking property without market-related compensation will have severely negative consequences for South Africa.
• Renowned economist Dawie Roodt said South Africa is heading for a serious financial crisis due to the country’s unsustainable debt levels.
• The South African Revenue Service (SARS) and the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) have warned SARS eFiling users about significant threats arising from escalating cybersecurity risks.
• Legal expert warned homeowners to think twice before renting out their properties in estates or gated communities using platforms like Airbnb.
• President Museveni has said that “bad leaders” in the National Unity Platform (NUP) and parts of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) have nothing to offer Ugandans and instead mislead the youth into unnecessary danger and death.
• Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) personnel serving under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) are taking part in a six-day Air Liaison Officer Training Course at Sector II Headquarters in Kismayo.
• The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has obstructed investigation into a fire outbreak that gutted parts of the 9th Street residence of former President George Weah early Wednesday morning-with the former ruling party alleging a possible assassination attempt on its political leader.
• The Liberia National Fire Service has blamed an electrical fault for the blaze that gutted former President George Weah’s 9th Street residence last week — even though investigators admitted they never entered the compound to conduct a formal probe.
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) warmly applauds Switzerland’s early pledge of CHF 64 million to the Eighth Replenishment.
• The President of Libya’s Presidential Council upheld the principle of national sovereignty, unity and stability in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
• On the third day of the General Assembly’s high-level debate, African leaders delivered a resounding and unified message: the United Nations must undergo meaningful reform, and the global order must be reshaped to ensure fairness, equity, and representation for all nations.
• Thousands of young Indians have mapped their adult lives with the aim of moving to the US, plans that now lie in tatters
• Experts and diplomats say without concrete action to hold Israel accountable, rhetoric alone will not save Palestinians.
• Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds talks with his North Korean counterpart, Choe Son Hui, in Beijing.
• The Israeli military targets hospitals and multistorey buildings as it intensifies its offensive to seize Gaza City.
• Moldovans await the results of a closely-watched parliamentary election, amid claims of Russian interference.
• Vietnam has evacuated thousands from its central and northern provinces as Typhoon Bualoi approaches faster than expected.
• French authorities have announced the discovery of a body on a beach used by migrants attempting to cross from northern France to the U.K. on flimsy boats.
• A powerful earthquake has shaken northwestern Turkey, causing people to flee their homes.
• The death toll from a stampede at a political rally in Tamil Nadu, India, has reached 40.
• Psychiatric Drugs Linked to ALS, a Rare Nerve Disease: A new study’s findings point to a need for careful consideration when prescribing psychiatric medications.
• Republican, Democratic Leaders Dig In in Shutdown Standoff Ahead of Meeting With Trump.
• Drone Maker DJI Loses Lawsuit Over Inclusion on Pentagon’s ‘Chinese Military Company’ List.
• Eric Adams Drops Out of NYC Mayoral Race.
• UN Places Arms Embargo, Sanctions on Iran Over Its Nuclear Program.
• President Cyril Ramaphosa says that business links between the United States (US) and South Africa are expanding, despite political frictions and ongoing trade negotiations.
• In Soweto, Johannesburg, nearly 420 taxpayer-funded family units have been abandoned and vandalised for over a decade, with the development reduced to bare walls.
• If the EFF’s proposal to change the name of the Kruger National Park was accepted, it would cost “hundreds of millions” of taxpayer funds and severely damage the tourism sector, according to some experts.
• Water expert Dr Anthony Turton warns that South Africa’s ballooning non-revenue water crisis is pushing municipalities to bankruptcy, which could cause them to fall like dominoes.
• The economic hub of Gauteng remains South Africa’s main magnet, with a net migration increase of nearly 800,000 over five years.
• Knysna’s troubled municipality has narrowly avoided dissolution after the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) voted against a bid to place it under administration.
• Patriotic Alliance President and Minister Gayton McKenzie has given the ANC until Tuesday to meet their demands, or they will walk.
• Tragedy hit a campaign rally for a popular Indian actor, Vijay, turned politician on Saturday, when at least 41 people were killed and nearly 100 injured in a crowd crush.
• Russia fired a total of 595 exploding drones and decoys and 48 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said Sunday. Of those, air defenses shot down or jammed 566 drones and 45 missiles.
• UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has put digital ID back on the table, with Labour saying it’s looking at how a national scheme might work.
• Boosting boroughs: Seven London boroughs and two neighbourhoods will receive millions of pounds from the government to revive high streets and public spaces.
• Growing gorillas: A booming tourist economy in Uganda is helping to boost the conservation of endangered mountain gorillas.
• The heart wants what it wants: Congrats to the happy couple! Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have tied the knot in a private event over the weekend, according to her recent post.
• Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, with the US president pushing for a Gaza peace proposal as Israeli tanks thrust closer to the heart of Gaza City. In other news, Iran has executed ‘one of most important spies’ for Israel.
• China’s new visa programme aimed at attracting foreign tech talent kicks off this week, in a move seen to be boosting Beijing’s fortunes in its geopolitical rivalry with Washington, as a new US visa policy prompts would-be applicants to scramble for alternatives.
• Moldova’s pro-European Union ruling party won a resounding victory over its Russian-leaning rival in a key parliamentary election, results showed, in an endorsement of Moldova’s bid to join the bloc and break free from Moscow’s orbit.
• Russia said that it would carefully analyse whether any US Tomahawk missiles that might be supplied to Ukraine were fired using targeting data supplied by the United States, as US Vice President JD Vance said that Washington was considering a Ukrainian request to obtain Tomahawks.
• After the 2017 expulsion of the Muslim minority Rohingya from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the military destroyed villages and mosques and repurposed their lands for security outposts, according to a U.N.-backed investigation.
• Typhoon Bualoi tore through Vietnam’s coast, killing at least 13 people and injuring 46, the government said, while accompanying strong winds and rains damaged homes, snapped power links and flooded roads.
• With US government funding due to expire at midnight on Tuesday, Republicans and Democrats in Congress are showing no signs they will agree to a temporary spending fix that would avert a shutdown.
• Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has faced a federal bribery indictment and stunningly low approval ratings as the leader of the nation’s largest city, has dropped his bid for a second term.
• The number of people charged with breaking US federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered enforcement agencies to focus on deporting immigrants, a Reuters review of nearly 2 million court records found. Brad Heath joins today’s Reuters World News podcast to discuss the implications.
• President Trump frequently describes a booming US auto industry, fueled by new factories from Canada, Mexico and Europe that he says will soon be producing American-made vehicles for global markets. But there is little evidence of a construction binge. Instead, auto companies are making tactical moves at existing plants.
• Australian beef has replaced US supply in China since Trump returned to the White House, funnelling hundreds of millions of dollars that have in previous years gone to the US cattle industry into Australian pockets.
• New Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran’s call for big interest rate cuts is based on faith that Trump’s economic plans will quickly lower the rate of interest that would prevail in a healthy economy, something policymakers see as hard to estimate under the best conditions.
• Chinese AI developer DeepSeek has released its latest model which it said was an “experimental release” that was more efficient to train and better at processing long sequences of text than previous iterations.
• GSK’s CEO Emma Walmsley will step down in December and be replaced by insider Luke Miels, the British drugmaker said, tasking the new leader to deliver shareholder value and prepare for the next wave of R&D.
• AstraZeneca plans to directly list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, instead of its current depositary receipts structure, to attract more global investors, the drugmaker said, but will remain listed and headquartered in London.
• British energy major BP will go ahead with developing a $5 billion offshore drilling project in the US Gulf of Mexico, it said, underscoring its commitment to the US region to rebuild its oil and gas business.
• Aluminum made with renewable power and from recycling is helping luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz cut CO2 emissions in the production of its new line of electric vehicles, part of a wider effort to decarbonise operations, executives told Reuters.
• After some six months as Canada’s Prime Minister, former banker Mark Carney faces a tepid economy and mounting obstacles as he attempts to forge a new path for the country amid tariff disputes with its two largest trading partners.
• More soul-searching than celebration for Britain’s Labour after year in power: Power has not been kind to Britain’s Labour Party. Little over a year since a landslide election win, few at its annual conference in the northern city of Liverpool are celebrating: instead most are wondering where they went wrong.
• Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf – a highly compact stellar ember – that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet Pluto, a finding with implications regarding the likelihood of habitable planets beyond our solar system.
• The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has revealed a sprawling network of corruption, maladministration and procurement fraud at Tembisa Hospital, involving three major syndicates responsible for looting more than R2-billion of public funds.
• EFF supporters gathered outside the East London Magistrate’s Court as leader Julius Malema awaits judgment in his long-running firearm discharge trial, stemming from a 2018 rally at which he was accused of firing a rifle, but he insists it was a toy gun.
• Suspended Gauteng NPA head Andrew Chauke faces an inquiry into his fitness to hold office over allegations of shielding the politically connected, and questionable prosecutions.
• Moldova’s pro-European ruling party, Party of Action and Solidarity, won a convincing victory over its Russian-leaning rival in a key parliamentary election, a major boost for the country’s bid to join the EU and break away from Moscow’s orbit.
• Typhoon Bualoi has torn through Vietnam’s coast leaving at least 13 people dead and 46 injured, according to the government. Strong winds and rains have left homes damaged, snapped power links and flooded roads.

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