JOHANNESBURG, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The rand extended its recent strong gains against the dollar on Thursday while traders awaited the South African Reserve Bank's first rate-setting meeting this year for signals on its monetary policy posture.

Measles in South Carolina has spread to at least 789 people, surpassing the 2025 West Texas outbreak that sickened 762 people and killed two young girls.

South Sudan’s army has launched a major military operation against opposition forces after recent territorial losses

Coupang’s problems started in November when it revealed that a former employee in China had gained access to data on about 34m customers in South Korea. The leak went undetected for five months. South Korean media called the data breach the biggest in the country’s history,

By Kanishka Singh, Andrea Shalal and Joyce Lee WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Jan 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday he was raising tariffs on U.S. imports of South Korean autos and other goods,

South Africa’s budget will show government debt stabilizing relative to gross domestic product for the first time in almost 20 years, said the head of the National Treasury. It will also show a third straight primary surplus,