Dancing on the edge of a cliff

MPs celebrate a budget that raises taxes, risks jobs, and accelerates economic decline. The scenes in parliament following the approval of the fiscal framework last week were unusual – ANC MPs broke into celebratory singing and gesturing, treating the vote…

Nations Puzzle Over How To Respond To Trump’s Tariffs

BRUSSELS (AP) — America’s trading partners wrestled with responses to U.S. President Donald Trump’s blast of tariff hikes and some planned to send negotiators to Washington, while the head of the European Union’s executive commission offered mutual reduction of tariffs…