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Shell Plc has confirmed weekend media reports that it plans to divest from South Africa. This will entail the sale of its downstream assets — effectively the over 500 service stations or forecourts it operates in the country.</p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-6" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table 
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Asian stocks eked out gains, following Wall Street’s advance on optimism that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates this year. The yen dropped.&nbsp;</p></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px;padding-top:20px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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Wealthy nations should reduce financial support for livestock farming to help tackle pollution caused by consuming red meat and dairy, according to the World Bank.</p></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px;padding-top:20px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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Cargoes of an oil product from Russia are building up at sea as South Korean buyers turn cautious, highlighting how the invasion of Ukraine continues to impact flows more than two years after the war began.</p></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-8" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px;padding-top:20px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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Chinese tourists hit the road in greater numbers during a recent five-day Labour Day holiday but kept a tight grip on their wallets, reflecting still-weak sentiment in the world’s second-largest economy.</p></div></td></tr></table><div class="spacer_block block-10" style="height:5px;line-height:5px;font-size:1px">&#8202;</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-12" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">&nbsp;… the number of <a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35287205.75263/aHR0cHM6Ly9lZGl0aW9uLmNubi5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wMi9oZWFsdGgvd2Vnb3Z5LXdlaWdodC1sb3NzLWRydWctbmV3LXByZXNjcmlwdGlvbnMvaW5kZXguaHRtbD91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bWImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9bW9ybmluZ19icmV3Jm1sZT1NRWRqY3pWTllVcFplRkJ1Wm1OMlNrZHZRVUpYVUVOeGFETTVTRThyVkZGbFlrVlBkaXQ1WW5wRFRsQnNNMnQzZDBoQ1FUaHNXRmhYYUVrNWFVcHVRV3BLVERGa2JTc3JSVFJ6VVRoak9FaERlamRNVEVoa05Dc3dVelZEYm5CbFVHTnFSek5JWjJWVGEwZFJiVTB5YlVkWGJTdHZTa2RuVEVJMVVuWkRXWEklM0Q/654b96d2a426663d33afca23Be7832996" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;" rel="noopener"><strong>Americans starting Wegovy</strong></a> each week. Danish pharmaceutical company Novo’s $1.3-billion in Q1 2024 sales for Wegovy was twice the total of Q1 2023, according to biopharmadive.com.</span></h1></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35287205.75263/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDYtYWZ0ZXItdGhlLWJlbGwtZG9lcy1zYXMtc2xvdy1lbWJyYWNlLW9mLWV2cy1leHBsYWluLXNoZWxscy1kZXBhcnR1cmU_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1idXNpbmVzc19tYXZlcmljayZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23C916dd1ad" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1a1a1a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="c4357812-9600-43e3-9fe3-17c3552eac2f" data-position="160-0-6" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">After the Bell: Does SA’s slow embrace of EVs explain Shell’s departure?</span></span></a></span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-7" 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Ed Stoddard</span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-8" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-top:5px;width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="left" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:600px">
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Georgina Crouth</span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-11" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Ed Stoddard</span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-13" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35287205.75263/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9vcGluaW9uaXN0YS8yMDI0LTA1LTA2LWFuYy1hcnJlc3Qtb2YtbXVjaC1uZWVkZWQtbGVnaXNsYXRpdmUtcHJvdGVjdGlvbi1mb3ItcGVyZm9ybWVycy1lcm9kZXMtcGFybGlhbWVudC1hdXRob3JpdHk_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1idXNpbmVzc19tYXZlcmljayZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23B7900e9a8" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1a1a1a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="a54fb9f0-aaed-4cb7-ba6c-66ab40f3edfd" data-position="70-0-2" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">ANC arrest of much-needed legislative protection for performers erodes Parliament authority </span></span></a></span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-3" 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35287205.75263/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9vcGluaW9uaXN0YS8yMDI0LTA1LTA2LWFuYy1hcnJlc3Qtb2YtbXVjaC1uZWVkZWQtbGVnaXNsYXRpdmUtcHJvdGVjdGlvbi1mb3ItcGVyZm9ybWVycy1lcm9kZXMtcGFybGlhbWVudC1hdXRob3JpdHk_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1idXNpbmVzc19tYXZlcmljayZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23C7900e9a8" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #111111;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="4e8068e3-52d2-4039-8991-09386947c873" data-position="70-0-3" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Jack Devnarain</span></span></a></span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-4" 
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