Bloomberg South Africa’s government has hired a veteran business-rescue specialist to take charge of the state-owned airline in a renewed attempt to restore it to financial health and remove a burden on the nation’s finances. Les Matuson and his team at Johannesburg-based Matuson & Associates will get 4 billion rand ($273 million) in working capital from creditors and the government …

Bloomberg Oil fell from the highest close in almost 12 weeks as the effects of the US-China trade war countered Saudi Arabia’s surprise move to take additional crude barrels out of the market. Futures in New York slipped 1.1% after climbing 1.3% on December 6. The kingdom voluntarily pledged to pump 400,000 barrels a day less than mandated by Opec …

Bloomberg India’s parliament is set to approve legislation preventing Muslim migrants from neighbouring countries from receiving citizenship — the next step in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hardline Hindu nationalist program and one that’s seen to go against the nation’s secular constitution. The controversial citizenship bill has sparked protests and fear around India, with lawyers working overtime to help millions at …