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South Africa’s Mr Price closes Nigerian business

Bloomberg Mr Price Group Ltd is closing its Nigerian business after volatility in the West African market and as the retailer favors a stronger focus on its home market of South Africa. The specialist in mid-range clothing, sports goods and homeware has already shuttered four of its five Nigerian stores and expects to close the last one in the coming ...

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US imposes visa bans on China officials in salvo on Hong Kong

Bloomberg The US State Department imposed visa bans on Chinese Communist Party officials accused of infringing the freedom of Hong Kong citizens, in what a senior official described as the opening salvo in a campaign to force Beijing to back off from new restrictions on the city. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said in a statement that he was barring ...

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Trump signs order vowing to protect monuments, statues

Bloomberg President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he says is intended to protect monuments and statues from “anarchists and left-wing extremists.” “My administration will not allow violent mobs incited by a radical fringe to become the arbiters of the aspects of our history that can be celebrated in public spaces,” Trump said in the order, which was released ...

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