The Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili has said she will stay in post until new parliamentary elections are held.
Speaking to the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, she said she would retain her position and support ongoing protests against the governing party.
A South African court has ordered that a police blockade of a disused goldmine, in which hundreds of people are located illegally, be lifted. Emergency services have been at the site, in Stilfontein, around 90 miles south-west of Johannesburg, for several days. Police have blocked food and water entering the mine to, as one government…
Brazil’s first lady has sworn at billionaire Elon Musk at an event ahead of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. While advocating for tougher social media regulation on a panel about disinformation, Janja Lula da Silva appeared to be startled by a loud noise, joking, “I think it’s Elon Musk.” “I’m not afraid of…
Officers in the southern Netherlands have found a garden gnome weighing nearly 2kg (4lb) and made of the drug MDMA. “Drugs appear in many shapes and sizes, but every now and then we come across special things,” Dongemond Police said in a translated social media post. The gnome was found among suspected narcotics during a…
Rob Gronkowski has four Super Bowl rings to his name, but one of his biggest wins came off the field. In an interview with Fortune this week, Gronkowski revealed that he benefitted from a piece of investing advice that helped him make hundreds of thousands of dollars. As a 25-year-old in 2014, the Patriots tight…
A general view of the city skyline on November 09, 2023 in Auckland, New Zealand. Fiona Goodall | Getty Images New Zealand’s central bank expectedly slashed its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points on Wednesday, marking a third straight cut, as it seeks to boost its struggling economy. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s…
New York City was hit by the first snow of the season on November 15, 2018. Erik Mcgregor | Lightrocket | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like…