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Last year, carpooling platform BlaBlaCar posted record-breaking figures in India as users seek cheaper ways to travel

Energy crunch fuels car pool growth

31 May 2026

US economic growth was revised downwards in the first quarter, while inflation climbed, government data shows

US revises first quarter growth down while inflation climbs

28 May 2026

The number of 16- to 24-year-olds not in employment, education or training, so-called 'NEETs', topped one million in the first quarter of the year for the first time since 2013

UK risks a 'lost generation' of jobless young people

28 May 2026

A basket with food seen in a supermarket. GettyImages/Adene Sanchez

Average food basket increases to nearly R5500 in May

28 May 2026

Guan Ci sits on his bed in his subdivided housing unit in Kowloon, Hong Kong

'Shoebox' flat reform leaves low-income Hong Kong residents in limbo

28 May 2026

An empty wallet and calculator, budget. GettyImages/photobyphotoboy

SA salary earners under pressure

27 May 2026