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By&nbsp;Estelle Ellis</h2></td></tr></table><table class="paragraph_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:30px;padding-top:5px"><div style="color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:150%;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:27px"><p 
style="margin:0">A new investment by Medigrow in the Coega Special Economic Zone will provide jobs and help to establish the province as a leader in the field.</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 class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" 
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President Xi Jinping has arrived in France to begin talks aimed at stabilising China’s relationship with Europe, as he tries to perform damage limitation on trade ties with the key bloc.</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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Gold edged higher after mixed signals from the US, where optimism is growing that the economy is on target for a soft landing as the Federal Reserve fights inflation.&nbsp;</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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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing calls from Conservative legislators to adopt an immigration cap, as he comes under pressure to move his party further to the right after it was routed in last week’s local elections.</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" 
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<a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35274618.65264/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDYtcWFudGFzLXNldHRsZXMtZ2hvc3QtZmxpZ2h0LWxhd3N1aXQtYXMtY2xlYW51cC1jb3N0cy1tb3VudC0yLz91dG1fc291cmNlPVNhaWx0aHJ1JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWJ1c2luZXNzX21hdmVyaWNrJm1sZT1NRWRqY3pWTllVcFplRkJ1Wm1OMlNrZHZRVUpYVUVOeGFETTVTRThyVkZGbFlrVlBkaXQ1WW5wRFRsQnNNMnQzZDBoQ1FUaHNXRmhYYUVrNWFVcHVRV3BLVERGa2JTc3JSVFJ6VVRoak9FaERlamRNVEVoa05Dc3dVelZEYm5CbFVHTnFSek5JWjJWVGEwZFJiVTB5YlVkWGJTdHZTa2RuVEVJMVVuWkRXWEklM0Q/654b96d2a426663d33afca23B6f37fac6" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #131313;" rel="noopener">Qantas settles ‘ghost flight’ lawsuit as cleanup costs mount</a></h1></td></tr></table><table class="paragraph_block block-9" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-top:5px"><div 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">… what the original watercolour used for the cover of the first Harry Potter book is <a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35274618.65264/aHR0cHM6Ly9rYW5lYnJpZGdlbmV3cy5jb20vb3JpZ2luYWwtaGFycnktcG90dGVyLWlsbHVzdHJhdGlvbi1jb3VsZC1mZXRjaC11czYwMDAwMC10aGUtcHJpY2llc3QtaXRlbS1ldmVyLXNvbGQtZnJvbS10aGUtaGl0LXNlcmllcy8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1idXNpbmVzc19tYXZlcmljayZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23B5f8604a6" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;" rel="noopener">expected to <strong>fetch at auction</strong></a> by Sotheby’s this summer.&nbsp;</span></h1></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-13" align="center" width="100%" border="0" 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">From this month, Airbnb has banned <strong><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35274618.65264/aHR0cHM6Ly9jaGFydHIudXMyMC5saXN0LW1hbmFnZS5jb20vdHJhY2svY2xpY2s_dT0wNWRhZmE5YjQzMTc3NzQ1NDdiMTE0NjMyJmlkPWEyOGIyZGRkNGYmZT0xYWRhZTJiY2Q0JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9U2FpbHRocnUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249YnVzaW5lc3NfbWF2ZXJpY2smbWxlPU1FZGpjelZOWVVwWmVGQnVabU4yU2tkdlFVSlhVRU54YURNNVNFOHJWRkZsWWtWUGRpdDVZbnBEVGxCc00ydDNkMGhDUVRoc1dGaFhhRWs1YVVwdVFXcEtUREZrYlNzclJUUnpVVGhqT0VoRGVqZE1URWhrTkNzd1V6VkRibkJsVUdOcVJ6TklaMlZUYTBkUmJVMHliVWRYYlN0dlNrZG5URUkxVW5aRFdYSSUzRA/654b96d2a426663d33afca23B59c57416" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1c1c1c;" rel="noopener">indoor security cameras</a></strong> in property listings globally. The revised policy also sees advance disclosure of any outdoor security camera locations.</span></h1></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-14" align="center" 
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