Новости за 03.08.2018

Siemens AG announced its most sweeping overhaul in years as Europe's largest engineering firm tries to adapt to new technologies.

Four people were killed and three others left in a critical condition after a collision between a car and a pickup in Middelburg.

New York - Harvey Weinstein's defense lawyer on Friday demanded that a New York court dismiss the sex crimes charges against him, explosively disclosing dozens of intimate emails between the disgraced Hollywood tycoon and his alleged rape victim, in which she said "I love you."

BIRMINGHAM – India captain Virat Kohli once more kept England at bay after Sam Curran's maiden Test fifty gave the hosts' hope of an improbable win in the series opener at Edgbaston on Friday.

CAPE TOWN - BMW AG is sticking with its annual profit targets, even as the German carmaker finds itself in the cross-hairs of a US-China trade spat.

The Munich-based manufacturer kept its forecast for the year when reporting second-quarter results yesterday, making it an outlier among a host of car companies - including top rival Daimler - that have cut financial targets as global trade tensions escalate and higher raw-materials prices weigh.

Lubumbashi - An opposition leader barred from returning to the Democratic Republic of Congo to file a bid to run for the country's presidency vowed on Friday to fight for "real elections".

ATHENS - Greek Civil Protection Minister Nikos Toskas resigned on Friday in the wake of a wildfire last month that killed 88 people, the Prime Minister's office said.

DAMBULLA – Proteas all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo says he thrives on the responsibility given to him at the back-end of an innings in the ongoing ODI series against Sri Lanka. 

HARARE - Amnesty International on Friday called on Zimbabwean authorities to immediately stop arresting protesters and opposition supporters who have challenged the outcome of Monday's election won by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF.

International Beer Day is a celebration on the first Friday of every August

LONDON - Google plans to launch a version of its search engine in China that will block some websites and search terms, two sources said, in a move that could mark its return to a market it abandoned eight years ago on censorship concerns.

The plan comes even as China has stepped up scrutiny into business dealings involving US tech firms including Facebook, Apple and Qualcomm amid intensifying trade tensions between Beijing and Washington.

DURBAN – The South African ‘A’ side are happily settled in their Bengaluru abode and looking ahead to starting the serious bit of business that they are in India for.

London - Alia Ghanem, the mother of deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has given her first interview to Western media, telling The Guardian newspaper that her eldest son was "brainwashed" into extremist ideology.

If you thought your furry mate was immune to allergies, think again.

Addis Ababa - Businessmen who have to deal with Ethiopia's customs system like to joke that if you get a permit to import yellow paintbrushes, make sure every last one is yellow.

CAPE TOWN - Acting deputy judge-president Moroa Tsoka has granted provisional sequestration orders on Mr. Andile Ramavhunga, VBS's Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Robert Madzonga, VBS’s previous chief operations officer and group executive officer of Vele Investments, in the South Gauteng High Court.

HARARE - Zimbabwe's president-elect Emmerson  Mnangagwa  on Friday pledged to be a "listening" and "inclusive" president when he addressed journalists at a media briefing in Harare, less than 24 hours after it was announced he had won the presidential race in recent elections in the Southern African country.

This August there are three local releases making their way to the big screen.

Durban has lots to offer its tourists. Here is a guide on how to experience the city.

INTERNATIONAL- A new update has been added to Google's Maps which allows the app to share your battery life with friends and family.

JOHANNESBURG – Sri Lanka will hope that the shambolic displays produced in the first and second One-Day Internationals against South Africa won’t be repeated as they attempt to stay in the series when the two teams clash at the Pallekelle International Stadium in Kandy on Sunday. 

JOHANNESBURG - The high court in Johannesburg on Friday granted provisional sequestration orders on VBS Mutual Bank's former chief executive, Andile Ramavhunga, and the previous chief operations officer of the embattled bank, Robert Madzonga.

CAPE TOWN - The inter-ministerial committee (IMC) on land reform, chaired by deputy president David Mabuza, held its inaugural meeting on Friday afternoon, the presidency said in a statement.

A major health authority in the United States has warned several companies to stop marketing laser devices for procedures billed as “vaginal rejuvenation".