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VIDEO: Drumming up enthusiasm for djembe

Playing the African djembe drum is growing in popularity outside of its native continent.

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VIDEO: Reversing Africa’s brain drain

The growing trend for African overseas students to utilise their acquired skills in their home countries.

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This country is giving away hand transplants

Patients in the U.K. will be able to get hand and upper arm transplants on the state, NHS England announced on Friday.

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HSBC’s online banking hit by cyber attack

HSBC has apologized to customers who were locked out of internet banking services after the lender was hit by a cyberattack on Friday.

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Are multinationals starting to lose the tax battle?

The battle between leading multinationals and governments looking for tax revenue has heated up over the past week, with Google in the spotlight.

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Russia holds key rate at 11% as economy lags

Russia’s central bank kept interest rates steady on Friday, as expected after a month that saw oil prices sink and the ruble drop to record lows.

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VIDEO: A dab hand at digital advertising?

Comedian Colm O’Regan considers the future of advertising in a digital world.

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BOJ’s negative rates are ‘economic kamikaze’: Analyst

The Bank of Japan’s decision to adopt negative interest rates will make things worse, Peter Boockvar says.

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James Murdoch takes over at Sky

Four years after his resignation at the height of the phone hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch’s son retakes top job at the European broadcaster.

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Japan surprises with negative rate

In a surprise move, the Bank of Japan introduces a negative interest rate to counter the ongoing economic slump in the world’s third-largest economy.