DS Smith’s £5.8bn takeover by US rival going ahead despite competition
Merger with International Paper moving at ‘absolutely full steam’ in face of separate interest from Brazil’s Suzano The boss of the FTSE 100 company DS...
Month : June 2024
Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Now and Hunger Games actor, dies aged 88
The prolific actor appeared in more than 190 films and TV shows and was a vocal anti-war activist Donald Sutherland was an irreplaceable aristocrat of...
South Africa’s Democratic Alliance suspends MP for racist comments
Renaldo Gouws suspended days after white-led party joined coalition government with ANC A South African MP has been suspended by the Democratic Alliance (DA) for...
Canada lists Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terrorist group
Move comes five years after US did so and will add to pressure on European governments to follow suit Canada has listed Iran’s Revolutionary Guards...
Canada to ban open-net pen salmon farming in British Columbia
Environmentalists hail decision to end practice in five years but aquaculture industry warns of 6,000 jobs at risk Canada will ban open-net pen salmon farming...
South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa warns of ‘toxic cleavages’ at inauguration
President is sworn in for second term as head of coalition government after losing parliamentary majority South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa warned of the dangers of...
Multiple deaths reported after fire causes explosion in capital of Chad
Nine people died after blast at ammunition depot in N’Djamena and at least 40 have been injured, official says Nine people were killed and more...
EU-funded Egyptian forces ‘rounding up and deporting Sudanese refugees’
Egypt forcibly returned 800 Sudanese detainees in first three months of this year, Amnesty International reports The Egyptian authorities have used EU-funded security forces in...
US accuses Chinese ‘underground bankers’ of laundering $50m in cartel drug money
Justice department charges 24 defendants and says long investigation reveals links between Sinaloa gang and China Revealed: how Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel has created a global...
