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JOHANNESBURG - The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has established a Financial Technology (Fintech) programme to assess the emergence of technological innovations in the financial sector and consider their regulatory implications.

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The European Parliament will call for Britain to have "privileged" single market access after Brexit. The Parliament wants the EU to negotiate an "association agreement" which could give Britain "privileged" single market access and membership of EU agencies.

Mario Draghi is getting a new right hand man. Euro zone finance ministers are set to choose Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos as the new vice president at the European Central Bank... Читать дальше...

Barcelona are interested in the transfer of Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso The Catalan giants want to bring him in as they plan to ditch Lucas Digne Barca plan to ask Chelsea about Alonso at Stamford Bridge tonight READ MORE: Roman Abramovich already pursuing £37million transfer despite Chelsea manager uncertainty Barcelona are reportedly set to approach Chelsea over […]

After holding the number one ranking for a month last autumn, Dubai Championships second seed Garbine Muguruza remains keen for another taste of life at the top of the WTA.

A surge of public support has been given to the family of the victims of a fatal crash in Barns Green.

Craig Burley and Ross Dyer go head to head in predicting the outcomes of Bayern-Besiktas, Chelsea-Barca, Sevilla-Man United and Shakhtar-Roma. Check out the key stats and big stories before Sevilla and Manchester United square off in the last 16 of the Champions League. Former Manchester City winger Jesus Navas has said he is aiming to help Sevilla knock Manchester United out of the Champions League. Navas, who played 183 games for City before returning to Sevilla last summer, faces United... Читать дальше...

CAPE TOWN - KPMG is withholding from public scrutiny their investigative “rogue unit” report, according to Business Day.

The feud between the national body of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Obafemi Awolowo University chapter has escalated as the latter has pulled out of the national body to form a new body.

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Briefly a left hand drive Mitsubishi Fuso Canter box truck turned a right corner (about 90 degrees) and accelerated (it is assumed at a "normal" rate - i.e. not erratic or excessive speeding). Road conditions were excellent, clear sunny day no other vehicles on the road.  After 130m the vehicle offside (passenger / left side) wheels mounted the kerb and the vehicle collided with a trailer parked on the side of the road 20m further along from where the vehicle mounted the kerb. Читать дальше...

NEW DELHI (AP) — "Trump has arrived. Have you?" shout the barrage of glossy front-page advertisements in almost every major Indian newspaper. The ads, which have run repeatedly in the past few days, herald the arrival not of the American president but of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is in New Delhi to sell luxury apartments and lavish attention on wealthy Indians who have already bought units in a Trump-branded development outside the Indian capital. The newspaper ads promise that buyers... Читать дальше...

img style=float: left; margin-right: 10px; src=http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i/?img=/photo/2018/0220/r330676_1296x729_16-9.jpgamp;w=100amp;h=80amp;scale=cropamp;site=espnfc /Shanghai SIPG Melbourne Victory 4 1 FT Game Details Live football odds with bet365. Bet Now » GameCast Lineups and... Читать дальше...

Skaters from South Korea, China, Canada and Hungary are among those advancing out of the heats of the men's 500-meter short track at the Pyeongchang Olympics

Pretoria - Malawian businessman Misozi Chanthunya, who had been on the run for nearly eight years from law enforcement officials in his country for allegedly killing his pregnant girlfriend and subsequently fled to South Africa, eventually agreed to be extradited to face the music.

In addition to breaking box office records, Black Panther has quickly established itself as one of the best and most unique films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And the credit for that belongs largely to director and co-writer Ryan Coogler. In this fascinating “Notes on a Scene” video for Vanity Fair, Coogler talks through the production design, costuming, fight choreography, color story, themes, and character-building that went into creating one of the film’s best fight scenes—an undercover mission in which T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman)... Читать дальше...

The unified Korean womenlsquo;s ice hockey team ends their Olympic Games last after five defeats, but proud of the part they have played in breaking down barriers.Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - To be sure, the results did not go their way. Five defeats and a goal record of 2-28 told its own story.But the unified Korean womenlsquo;s ice hockey team bowed out of the Winter Games to accolades and some tears on Tuesday. And - who knows? - there may be more to come.In their very first match after coming together shortly before the Games... Читать дальше...

Im Finish war das Tempo des DSV-Express für Wilhelm Denifl zu hoch. Der Nordische Kombinierer aus Tirol fiel knapp zwei Kilometer vor dem Ziel des olympischen Großschanzenbewerbs in Pyeongchang aus der Spitzengruppe zurück und wurde als Achter (+1:02,1 Min.) klassiert. Deutschland feierte durch Johannes Rydzek, Fabian Rießle (+0,4 Sek.) und Eric Frenzel (+0,8) einen Dreifach-Sieg.

Die Nordischen Kombinierer aus Deutschland haben am Dienstag bei den Olympischen Winterspielen in Pyeongchang einen Dreifach-Erfolg im Einzelbewerb von der Großschanze gefeiert. Johannes Rydzek sicherte Gold knapp vor seinen Teamkollegen Fabian Rießle und Eric Frenzel. Bester Österreicher war Wilhelm Denifl als Achter unmittelbar vor Lukas Klapfer, dem Olympia-Dritten im Normalschanzenbewerb.

Ex-Cyclone Gita has continued on its path across the South Pacific, reaching New Zealand on February 20. A state of emergency was declared in Christchurch and Buller and air traffic to and from Auckland, New Plymouth, Hokitika, Queenstown and Nelson was affected. The full impact of the storm was expected late on February 20 and into the morning of February 21. These videos, posted from an estate outside of Nelson, shows large trees uprooted as a result of strong winds. Cyclone Gita left widespread destruction to the Pacific Islands... Читать дальше...

Wilhelm Denifl hat nach dem Springen des olympischen Großschanzen-Bewerbs der Nordischen Kombination die beste Ausgangsposition der Österreicher. Der Tiroler ist nach einem 137,5-m-Flug Dritter und nimmt den 10-km-Langlauf (13.45 Uhr MEZ) 16 Sekunden nach dem führenden Japaner Akito Watabe (134 m) in Angriff. Bronze-Gewinner Lukas Klapfer (131 m) ist mit 1:04 Minuten Rückstand Zehnter.

JOHANNESBURG - Liberty Two Degrees (L2D), the listed real estate investment trust whose predominantly retail property portfolio includes Sandton City, Eastgate and Melrose Arch, aims to continue focusing on quality opportunities in the South African market.

Amelia Beattie, the chief executive of L2D, said yesterday that it would also seek to maintain industry-leading operational metrics and prudent balance sheet management to support future growth and returns. She said L2D’s first year since listing... Читать дальше...

ORF-General Alexander Wrabetz fordert von der Regierung ein Bekenntnis zu einem "starken ORF", sagt er im APA-Interview nach den scharfen Attacken der FPÖ auf den ORF und seine Journalisten. Die Ablöse des unabhängigen Stiftungsrats Franz Küberl sieht er als "falsches Signal". Mit seiner eigenen rechnet er nicht, der "Plan B" für den ORF-Standort werde auch keine "vorgeschobenen Gründe" liefern.

Chief Constable Bill Skelly’s 28th year as a police officer has coincided with the end of his first year at the helm of the force in Lincolnshire.

Lüneburg/Munster (dpa) - Für den Tod eines Bundeswehr-Soldaten bei einem Marsch in Munster im Juli soll ein Hitzschlag verantwortlich sein. Auch drei weitere Soldaten seien wohl deswegen zusammengebrochen und im Krankenhaus behandelt worden, teilte die Staatsanwaltschaft Lüneburg mit. Das rechtsmedizinische Gutachten habe den Ausgangsverdacht bekräftigt, sagte ein Sprecher am Dienstag. Die Ermittlungen seien noch nicht abgeschlossen. Zuerst hatten NDR 1 Niedersachsen und das RND darüber berichtet.Hinweise... Читать дальше...

Partridge Green based brewery Dark Star has today (February 20) joined forces with independent traditional family brewer Fuller’s.

Below is Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s address dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) liberation movement