The head of the competition and consumer regulator still has “high concerns” about the pricing practices of Australia’s dominant supermarkets even after they were subjected to litigation and intense public scrutiny. Gina Cass-Gottlieb, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chair, also said regulations may need to be bolstered to combat complaints raised by shoppers and…
A British journalist has been missing in Brazil for 11 days, a foreign correspondents’ association in the country said on Tuesday, urging authorities to step up their search efforts. Charlotte Alice Peet, 32, last communicated with a friend on 8 February, according to a statement from the Rio de Janeiro-based Association of Foreign Press Correspondents…
The sound of a flute floats towards five young men in the 1,000-seat Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre theatre in Uganda – the country that hosts the highest number of refugees in Africa. The music carries past them to the shrubs that surround the circular majestic building and the neighbours going about their lives, the…
Donald Trump and his wealthiest backer, the multibillionaire Elon Musk, expressed gushing admiration for each other in a Fox News interview in which each accused the media of trying to drive them apart. Interviewed together in the White House, the pair spoke of each other in such warm terms that the interviewer, Sean Hannity, was…
UK inflation accelerated faster than expected at the start of this year, eating into workers’ wages and reducing the chance of an interest rate cut next month. The consumer prices index (CPI) measure of inflation rose to 3% in January, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported, up from 2.5% in December. City economists had…
When the Taliban began marching towards cities across Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Alia*, a 22-year-old Afghan journalist, found herself doing some of the most important work of her short life and career. In the weeks leading up to the Taliban takeover in August, Alia’s voice on the radio became familiar to many in…