Tannur

UK & World News Reporter for the UK's largest commercial, national and regional news publisher Reach plc. Previously @Reuters.

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Humbled to have interviewed Nobel Peace Prize winner @Malala Yousafzai after the 21st @NelsonMandela Annual Lecture.

Her lecture focused on the plight of women living under Taliban rule in Afghanistan. Her courage is inspirational, a true leader.

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United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a funding bill to end the longest government shutdown in the country's history.

"I hope we can all agree that the government should never be shut down again," he said.

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Grande joie ! Que Dieu bénisse en abondance le pape Léon XIV ! Nous prions avec ferveur ! +RS

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Habemus Papam!

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He is not here, for He has risen, as He said. Come and see the place where He lay. (Matt 28:6)

#BlessedEaster

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The Catholic Church will grow tonight. Very excited for those coming Home🇻🇦

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I'm excited for all the new Catholics that will enter the church this weekend

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The National Treasury initially proposed a 2-percentage-point hike to VAT last month to fund spending on health, transport and education. It said on Wednesday it would raise VAT, currently at 15%, half-point this year followed by another one next year.

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South Africa's revised national budget presented on Wednesday was immediately rejected by major political parties, even though a proposed increase in value-added tax was sharply reduced.

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South Africa's rand fell on Wednesday as disagreements between ruling parties persisted despite the finance minister scaling back the size of a contentious tax hike in a revised budget.

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@Rabbani_Effendi The rand did gain this week. But at 1519 GMT yesterday, it traded about 0.3% weaker than its previous close and was down about 1% earlier in the day. That is considered a big drop. The currency still managed to appreciate almost 3% since the previous Friday's close.

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South Africa's rand fell on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would cut off all federal funding to the country, while the dollar sagged after data showed the U.S. economy created fewer jobs than expected last month.

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South African power utility Eskom resumed scheduled power cuts on Friday and said they would last until Monday, after outages at key power plants.

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Ecclesiastes 3:20

"All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return."

#Lent2025 #AshWednesday

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"The ashes mean that I am a sinner. But the Cross means that I have a Savior."

- Father Mike Schmitz

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South African manufacturers reported a continued deterioration in business conditions in February, a local purchasing managers' index survey showed on Monday.

February is the fourth consecutive contraction as activity remains subdued.

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Foreign ministers from the G20 top economies met in South Africa on Thursday, amid tensions between members over the Ukraine war, trade disputes and with the absense of top U.S. diplomat. The meetings will continue on Friday.

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European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday that interactions between the United States and Russia showed Moscow had not given up its territorial goals in Ukraine. She added that appeasing Russia would send a dangerous signal.

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@Reuters Editor-in-Chief @aagalloni interviewed Botswana's President @duma_boko on Thursday at the World Economic Forum's Davos meeting.

Boko said that he hoped to secure a long-delayed sales pact with diamond industry giant De Beers as early as Friday.

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Mozambique opposition leader Venancio Mondlane returned from self-exile on Thursday. He claimed to have won a hotly contested October election. Security forces later used tear gas to disperse supporters who welcomed him back to the country.

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