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Brazil`s Creditas gets $19 million amid boom in local fintech financing

After OPEC cuts heavy oil, China teapot refiners pull U.S. supply to Asia

Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo Chinese independent, or teapot, refiners are bringing in rare cargoes of North American heavy crude in a new long-distance ... More »

South Africa grants Barclays Africa some immunity in FX rigging probe

FILE PHOTO – A Barclays logo is pictured outside the Barclays towers in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo South Africa’s competition watchdog has granted Barclays Africa (BGAJ.J) conditional immunity from prosecut... More »

Williams hire former Ferrari aerodynamicist

Members of Williams Formula One team practice pit stop ahead of the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 12, 2015. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Former Ferrari chief aerodynamicist Dirk De Beer is joining Williams on Mar. 1 to head the aero departme... More »

Quiet revolution brews at Super 6 event in Perth

Golf has clung slavishly to its centuries-old traditions and long ignored growing calls for reform but the ancient sport will be nudged gently towards modernity at the inaugural World Super 6 tournament in Australia this week. More »

Excited Ko hopes wholesale changes lead to stellar year

Aug 27, 2016- Calgary, Alberta, CAN- Lydia Ko of New Zealand drives off the fourth tee box during the third round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports Women’s world number o... More »

Soros gets out of gold, Paulson & Co cuts SPDR Gold shares

FILE PHOTO – President and Portfolio Manager of Paulson & Co. John Paulson speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York, May 16, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Soros Fund Management LLC got out of gold in the fourth quarter of 2016 while Paulson & Co ... More »

World number one Ko confirms Gilchrist as new coach

Aug 27, 2016- Calgary, Alberta, CAN- Lydia Ko of New Zealand drives off the fourth tee box during the third round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club. Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports Women’s world number one Lydia Ko confir... More »

Emerging market FX to slip once Trump economic plans are clearer – Reuters Poll

FILE PHOTO – A vendor of cedar cones counts Russian rouble banknotes at a street market in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, October 17, 2016. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin/File Photo The latest rally in emerging market currencies is unlikely to last long, a Reuters poll showed o... More »

Scientists find crop-destroying caterpillar spreading rapidly in Africa

Officials spray maize plants affected by Armyworms in Keembe district, Zambia, January 6, 2017. REUTERS/Jean Mandela Scientists tracking a crop-destroying caterpillar known as armyworm say it is now spreading rapidly across mainland Africa and could reach trop... More »

Europe faces steep price increases for some old cancer drugs

European prices for some off-patent cancer drugs have risen by more than 100 percent in the past five years, with two cases of hikes exceeding 1,000 percent, according to data presented at a medical conference on Saturday. More »

Kenya`s Safaricom shifts funding to catch up on fixed-data demand

Chief Executive of Kenya’s telecom operator Safaricom Robert Collymore speaks during a Reuters interview at their headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya Kenya’s Safaricom is reallocating funds to build up its fixed-data network... More »

South African artist shapes salt into famous faces

Percy Maimela, a self taught artist, puts finishing touches to a portrait of former U.S. President Barack Obama which he draws using salt, at his home in Pretoria, South Africa. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko South African artist Percy Maimela stumbled upon his talent... More »

Japan threatens India with WTO on steel as Trump era heralds rising trade tensions

Chimneys of a steel factory are pictured at an industrial area in Kawasaki, Japan, January 16, 2017. Picture taken January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Japan is threatening to take India to the WTO over restrictions that nearly halved its steel exports to ... More »

Southern African maize munching pest is South American invader: experts

Small scale farmer Mutale Sikaona and agricultural officials examine maize plants affected by armyworms in Keembe district, Zambia, January 6, 2017. Picture taken January 6, 2017. REUTERS/Jean Mandela A maize pest that has devastated crops in southern Africa i... More »

U.S. insurers get inside cars, mouths, grocery carts in profit search

Scott Ozawa brushes his teeth with a Beam toothbrush at his home in Belmont, California, U.S. December 18, 2016. Picture taken December 18, 2016. REUTERS/Noah Berger Twice a day, Scott Ozawa’s Bluetooth-enabled toothbrush tells his dental insurer if he brushed... More »

Smoking costs $1 trillion, soon to kill 8 million a year: WHO/NCI study

FILE PHOTO: An ash tray with cigarette butts is pictured in Hinzenbach, Austria, February 5, 2012. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year, and will kill one third more people by 2030 than it does now, acco... More »

Open de France joins Rolex Series as eighth event

China’s HNA Group has agreed a five-year deal to become title sponsor of the Open de France, which will also join the new Rolex Series with a prize fund of $7 million, the European Tour said on Monday. More »

South African motor bike crash victim found alive in morgue

A South African motorcyclist declared dead at the scene of an accident was found alive in a morgue fridge the next day when his family went to identify his body, but he died later in hospital. More »

Australian Brazel dazzles to win Hong Kong Open

Australian journeyman Sam Brazel prevailed in a tense final hole shoot-out with runnerup Rafa Cabrera Bello to win the Hong Kong Open by a stroke and capture his first European Tour title on Sunday. More »

China trainmaker CRRC to build more plants abroad in expansion plan: China Daily

A CRRC worker walks past an unfinished metro train car in the company’s Kunming factory, Yunnan province, April 11, 2016. REUTERS/Brenda Goh Chinese trainmaker CRRC (601766.SS)(1766.HK) plans to build more factories abroad as part of its plan to double sales o... More »

Golf: Stone cruises to comfortable Alfred Dunhill Championship win

Brandon Stone claimed a second European Tour victory as he ran away from the field for a seven-stroke triumph at the Alfred Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek Country Club on Sunday. More »

South Africa`s Zuma faces no-confidence vote by party`s executive panel: media

South African President Jacob Zuma speaks at the City Hall in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, November 18, 2016. REUTERS/Rogan Ward South Africa’s scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma is facing a vote of no confidence by the ruling party’s executive committee,... More »

Politics set to trump data as Fed hike looks dead cert

The Federal Reserve Building stands in Washington April 3, 2012. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo Clues on future U.S. policy under Donald Trump rather than economic data are likely to dominate minds and markets in the week ahead, given a U.S. interest rate h... More »

Dollar soars as U.S. yields spike- shares divided

The German share prize index (DAX) board is seen at the trading room of Frankfurt’s stock exchange (Boerse Frankfurt) during trading session in Frankfurt Germany, October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach The U.S. dollar hit an 11-month peak on Monday as the r... More »

U.S. protesters march against Trump presidency for fifth day

A boy holds a sign during a protest against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 13, 2016. REUTERS/Bria Webb Demonstrators in major U.S. cities took to the streets on Sunday for a fifth straight day to protest President-elec... More »

Noren focuses on good golf instead of Race to Dubai chances

Golf – WGC-HSBC Champions Golf Tournament – Shanghai, China- 29/10/16 Alex Noren of Sweden in action. REUTERS/Aly Song – RTX2QXG6 Alex Noren has an outside chance of topping the Race to Dubai standings in the United Arab Emirates this weekend but the Swede is ... More »

Mozambique upbeat on debt crisis, investors not so sure

A fisherman repairs nets in Maputo, Mozambique, September 26, 2016. REUTERS/Grant Lee Neuenburg/File Photo Mozambique’s finance minister has a plan to deal with a debt crisis that threatens to derail one of Africa’s most promising frontier economies but invest... More »

Putin dismisses U.S. hacking allegations as campaign rhetoric

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news statement after India-Russia Annual Summit in Benaulim, in the western state of Goa, India, October 15, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday shrugged off new U.S. t... More »

Oil off the boil, shares toil, sterling in trouble

A man stands next to an electronic board showing stock prices in Tokyo, Japan, August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon World shares tapped the brakes on Tuesday as oil prices eased back from their highest level of the year, while Britain’s sterling took anothe... More »

Merkel calls on African Union to help solve Libya conflict

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the National Palace in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa October 11, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on a trip to Ethiopia, said she wanted the African Union to get involved in trying to solve... More »

Anti-gay sentiment seen threatening Indonesia`s goal to end AIDS by 2030

By Beh Lih YiJAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Growing anti-gay sentiment in Indonesia could hamper efforts to combat fast-rising HIV infections More »

Global trade in wild African Grey Parrot banned, U.N. meeting rules

An employee feeds a one-month-old African grey parrot at the Royev Ruchey zoo in a surburb of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, March 11, 2016. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin The United Nations has banned global trade in wild African Grey Parrots, prized for their ability... More »

Desperate uranium miners switch to survival mode despite nuclear rebound

The Tamgak open air uranium mine is seen at Areva’s Somair uranium mining facility in Arlit, Niger, September 25, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney/File Photo The nuclear industry is gradually recovering from its post-Fukushima slump, but excess capacity keeps uranium ... More »

Big South African union backs Ramaphosa as next president

South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Jacob Zuma stand during the playing of the national anthem at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town, in this February 11, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/Files Deputy President Cyril Ramaph... More »

The dancing traffic warden of South Africa

A video uploaded to social media in early September shows an enthusiastic traffic warden brightening up the evening commute for drivers in Pretoria (South Af More »

GSK sells anesthetics to Aspen for up to $370 million

The GlaxoSmithKline building is pictured in Hounslow, west London June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo GlaxoSmithKline is to sell its portfolio of anesthetic drugs to South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare for up to 280 million pounds ($372 million) as pa... More »

After buying SABMiller, AB InBev could see more deals

Beer flows from a bottle of Stella Artois into a glass in this picture illustration taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina November 5, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Once Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR) seals its 79 billion pound ($104.8 billion) takeover of rival ... More »

Tall tale: study reveals that giraffes are four species, not one

Nubian giraffes are seen in Murchison Falls, Uganda in this undated handout picture. Courtesy Julian Fennessy/Handout via REUTERS Genetic research on the world’s tallest land animal has found that there are four distinct species of giraffe, not just one as lon... More »

South African baby-snatcher sentenced to 10 years in jail

CAPE TOWN A South African woman found guilty of kidnapping a newly-born baby was given a 10 year prison sentence on Monday, almost two decades after she snatched the child from her biological mother’s hospital bedside, a court official said. The 51-year-old wo... More »

Brilliant Van Niekerk smashes 400m world record

By Nick Mulvenney | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk ran the fastest single lap in history to win the Olympic 400 meters gold medal in 43.03 seconds and break Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old world record on Sunday. Running an extrao... More »

‘He just wouldn’t slow down’ – Van Niekerk stuns rivals

By Nick Mulvenney | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO Wayde van Niekerk’s rivalry with Kirani James and LaShawn Merritt has brought about a new golden age in 400 meters running but the two previous Olympic champions were simply stunned by the South African’s world... More »

Stunning Van Niekerk record offers hope for post-Bolt future

By Nick Mulvenney | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO Win or lose, Usain Bolt was always going to dominate the Olympic headlines on Sunday but Wayde van Niekerk offered his embattled sport some hope for the future beyond the Jamaican’s retirement with a stunning w... More »

Walker wins first major at PGA Championship

SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey American Jimmy Walker broke through for his first major title with a one-shot win over Jason Day in the PGA Championship after playing 36 grueling holes at water-logged Baltusrol on Sunday. The 37-year-old Texan calmly canned a three-fo... More »

Grace continues to flourish at the majors

SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey The pressure of contending in majors certainly agrees with South African Branden Grace, even if he has yet to close the deal. With a tie for fourth at the PGA Championship on Sunday, Grace recorded his fourth top-five finish in golf’s b... More »

African honeyguide birds aid hunters in rare, sweet partnership

OSLO A small African bird that guides people to bees’ nests hoping to share honey and wax responds to hunters’ special calls in a rare example of a partnership between wild animals and humans, scientists said on Thursday. Cooperation between the greater honeyg... More »

Zimbabwe anti-riot police, water cannons arrive at pastor’s court appearance

HARARE Dozens of Zimbabwean anti-riot police surrounded the court where preacher Evan Mawarire was due face charges on Wednesday relating to his calls for “stay at home” protests against President Robert Mugabe. Mawarire, whose social media movement has rattle... More »

Hurley moves two ahead at Congressional, Els lurks

South Africa’s investment grade rating still vulnerable after S&P reprieve

JOHANNESBURG Standard & Poor’s decision to maintain South Africa’s investment grade credit rating has taken some pressure off President Jacob Zuma ahead of elections in August, although analysts said the country is still vulnerable to a downgrade to “junk” sta... More »

South Africa boosts crop forecast accuracy with satellite imagery

PRETORIA South Africa’s estimates for key crops such as maize have become increasingly accurate thanks to satellite imagery and as farmers’ often biased input has been cut out of the picture, a conference was told on Thursday. South Africa’s maize crop has bee... More »

South African ‘Blade Runner’ Pistorius sentencing set for June 13-17

PRETORIA Disgraced Olympic and Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius will face sentencing in June following his conviction for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013. “The matter is postponed to the 13th of June 2016, and it wil... More »

Mali bids final farewell to renowned photographer Malick Sidibe

BAMAKO Mali bid a final farewell on Saturday to Malick Sidibe, an award-winning photographer considered a national treasure for his unique studio portraits and candid black-and-white depictions of popular culture in his West African homeland. From humble begin... More »

South Africans try to see funny side of Zuma crisis

JOHANNESBURG With their economy flatlining, currency on the ropes and politics in turmoil, many South Africans are turning to humor for relief, mainly at the expense of President Jacob Zuma and his $16-million home improvements. Within minutes of Zuma survivin... More »

Dominant Day wins Match Play, hits stride for Masters

Jason Day continued his sensational streak with an emphatic victory at the WGC-Dell Match Play in Texas on Sunday and the new world number one could not be happier with his game heading into next month’s Masters. The Australian beat South African Louis Oosthui... More »

Schwartzel rides lightning to Valspar victory

Charl Schwartzel secured his first victory in the United States since the 2011 Masters by beating Bill Haas in a playoff at the Valspar Championship in Florida on Sunday. South African Schwartzel came from five shots behind in the final round to card a four-un... More »

CDC cautions pregnant women against travel to Rio Olympics

Pregnant women should consider not traveling to the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil due to the risk of Zika virus infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. CDC also said women considering becoming pregnant, and their male part... More »

Grand bargain to rescue global economy seen unlikely at G20 meet

SHANGHAI Investors hoping for a grand plan from the world’s top financial officials to stabilize shaky markets are set for disappointment, insiders say, when finance ministers and central bankers gather this week in Shanghai to discuss the troubled global econ... More »

Africa takes fresh look at GMO crops as drought blights continent

HARARE A scorching drought in Southern Africa that led to widespread crop failure could nudge African nations to finally embrace genetically modified (GM) crops to improve harvests and reduce grain imports. The drought, which extends to South Africa, the conti... More »

Demons banished, Schwartzel back on track

MALELANE, South Africa Charl Schwartzel’s victory in the Alfred Dunhill Championship marked the end of a two-year drought for the former U.S. Masters champion, and with some radical adjustments to his game starting to pay off, he hopes his demons are well and ... More »

Sheikh Salman submits candidacy papers to FIFA – report

The president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain, has formally entered the race to become FIFA president, the Bahrain News Agency reported on Sunday. The agency said Sheikh Salman had submitted his paperw... More »

Golf: Argentine Grillo wins Frys.com Open in playoff

Argentine Emiliano Grillo made a perfect start to his career as a PGA Tour member when he beat American Kevin Na in a playoff at the Frys.com Open in northern California on Sunday. After missing a three-footer that would have won it at the first extra hole, Gr... More »

‘Stars aligned’ for AB InBev’s megabrew merger plan

BRUSSELS Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (ABI.BR) CEO says a study of SABMiller’s (SAB.L) African beer markets and talks with top shareholders led to an “alignment of stars” that drew it to its nearest rival. But observers say the real catalysts for the $100 billion ta... More »

U.S. says to spend $300 million to fight HIV in Africa

WASHINGTON The Obama administration said on Saturday it was allotting an additional $300 million to the effort to reduce HIV infection among girls and young women in 10 sub-Saharan African countries. The sum would help the main U.S. program for fighting AIDS i... More »

I’m all ears: fossils reveal human ancestors’ hearing abilities

WASHINGTON Two-million-year-old fossils including the three tiny bones of the middle ear are helping scientists figure out the auditory abilities of early human ancestors at a time when they were beginning to hear more like a person and less like a chimpanzee.... More »

Fossil first: ancient human relative may have buried its dead

CRADLE OF HUMANKIND, South Africa Humanity’s claim to uniqueness just suffered another setback: scientists reported on Thursday that a newly discovered ancient species related to humans also appeared to bury its dead. Fossils of the creature were unearthed in ... More »

South Africa’s Vodacom says in talks with Naspers over content deal

JOHANNESBURG South African mobile phone operator Vodacom is in talks with pay-TV giant Naspers to deliver movies and television programs to mobile devices, it said on Monday, part of a search for new sources of income from fast-growing data consumers. “We are ... More »

Exclusive: Hedge fund mogul Paulson – Gold is now ‘fairly valued’

BOSTON Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson, one of the world’s most influential gold investors, said on Friday that the metal is now at an appropriate price level, following last week’s rout that dragged prices to five-year lows. Paulson, in his first ... More »

When is a jackal not a jackal? When it’s really a ‘golden wolf’

WASHINGTON They look alike, act alike and long have been considered to be the same species. But, in the case of the golden jackals found across parts of Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe, it turns out that appearances can be deceiving. Scientists said o... More »

South Africa’s Tutu discharged from hospital after treatment

CAPE TOWN Veteran South African anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu was discharged from hospital on Tuesday after a week fighting a persistent infection that is not related to his prostate cancer, his daughter said. Tutu, 83, who has been living with prosta... More »

‘BRICS’ bank launches in Shanghai, to work with AIIB

SHANGHAI Officials from the world’s largest emerging nations launched the New Development Bank (NDB) on Tuesday, the second of two new policy banks heavily backed by Beijing that are being pitched as alternatives to existing institutions such as the World Bank... More »

Shaken Fanning not giving up on surfing despite shark attack

SYDNEY A visibly shaken Mick Fanning arrived home in Australia on Tuesday saying he would not turn his back on surfing despite needing a “miracle” to survive a shark attack off the coast of South Africa at the weekend. The three-times world champion was paddli... More »

Spieth gets ready for British Open with playoff win

BlackBerry snags two new domain names as Android chatter heats up

TORONTO BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO), which has been coy about its ambitions to make a mainstream Android smartphone, fueled more speculation about its plans this week when it scooped up two Android-related domain names. Several blog posts in the last two days have ... More »

Bad light stops Djokovic after epic fightback

LONDON Holder and top seed Novak Djokovic suffered an almighty scare against South African giant Kevin Anderson before bad light halted play with the score tied at two sets all in their fourth round match at Wimbledon on Monday. The world number one lost the f... More »

UBS has whistleblower deal in Brazil currency investigation: paper

SAO PAULO Swiss lender UBS AG made a whistleblower deal with Brazilian authorities investigating the suspected rigging of Brazil’s currency market and will receive no punishment in the case, a local newspaper reported on Friday. The investigation, which involv... More »

Rare white rhino undergoes veterinary treatment in California

LOS ANGELES A rare northern white rhinoceros, one of just five left on Earth, is undergoing treatment at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park for what veterinarians believe is an abscess under its skin, a park spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The 41-year-old female rhino... More »

‘Little Foot’ fossil sheds light on early human forerunners

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – “Lucy,” meet “Little Foot.” Scientists said on Wednesday a sophisticated new dating technique shows that Little Foot, an important fossil of an early human forerunner unearthed in the 1990s in South Africa, is roughly 3.7 million years o... More »