By Nellie Peyton
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In the South African township where Luke Fleurs grew up, some friends joined gangs before they reached high school age, but Fleurs found another path: he was so brilliant at soccer that he rose to be a professional player at South Africa's top club.
Fleurs' success story ended abruptly last month when he was killed at a Johannesburg petrol station by someone stealing his car.
The... (continue reading...)
By Jarrett Renshaw
(Reuters) - Since 1968, North Carolina has backed only two Democrats for president: Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Barack Obama in 2008.
President Joe Biden visits the southeastern state on Thursday for the third time this year, betting he can do it again for Democrats in the 2024 election.
But opinion polls suggest Biden will have a tough time flipping North Carolina in this year's rematch against Republican... (continue reading...)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian security officers killed a gunman in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a rare intra-Palestinian clash whose circumstances were disputed and which the fighter's faction described as an Israeli-style "assassination".
Palestinian Authority security services spokesperson Talak Dweikat said a force sent to patrol Tulkarm overnight came under fire and shot back, hitting the gunman. He died from his wounds in... (continue reading...)
By Himanshi Akhand
(Reuters) - Short bets on most Asian currencies firmed to touch multi-month highs as growing expectations of U.S. interest rates staying higher for longer dampened appetite for riskier assets, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday.
Bearish positions on the South Korean won, the Singapore dollar, the Philippine peso and the Thai baht rose to their highest level since mid-October 2022, according to a fortnightly poll of 12... (continue reading...)
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), manager of the world's third-largest public pension fund, will allocate 65% of its assets in risky assets under new long-term asset allocation rules, the welfare ministry said on Thursday.
"Going forward, the fund will keep the ratio of risky assets at 65% in its strategic asset allocations and invest in various kinds of alternative assets in a swift manner within the ratio to raise... (continue reading...)
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