Oil prices fall sharply after Iran strikes US base in Qatar
Crude oil prices fell around 7% on Monday, after Iran said it had launched a missile attack on a US base in Qatar. Investors appear to take the retaliatory action as being…
Trade tariffs can’t become the ‘new normal’: French minister-delegate Haddad
We sit down with France's minister-delegate for Europe, Benjamin Haddad, to take stock of diplomacy around Ukraine and the US-EU standoff over trade tariffs. Haddad lived in the US and worked for…
Kenyan president visits China amid tariff pressure
Kenyan President William Ruto arrives in Beijing for a five-day state visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Also, in a bold move, Uganda's army chief meets DR Congo’s CODECO…
Musk vows to spend more time on Telsa after net income falls 71%
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he will be dedicating more time to the electric vehicle company starting from next month, after the firm published disappointing first-quarter results. The US carmaker has suffered…
Tesla’s profit plunge prompts Musk to promise change
The litigation maintains that only Congress has the power to impose tariffs. It says the president can only invoke the emergency act when there is an "unusual and extraordinary threat" from abroad.…
Aviation and tariffs: globalised industry braces for impact
Donald Trump's trade policy and back-and-forth on tariffs are already impacting one of the most globalised industries, aviation. With airlines saying they'll defer deliveries rather than pay for tariffs, Yuka Royer speaks…
IMF slashes global growth forecast amid Trump tariff turmoil
The International Monetary Fund says it expects global economic growth to be slower as it sharply downgraded its forecast for US growth as a result of Donald Trump's tariffs and the uncertainty…
Stock markets rattled by Trump’s attacks on US Federal Reserve
Wall Street closed in firmly negative territory on Monday, continuing a rout that's reaching historic dimensions. After Trump's disruptive tariff policies, it's now his attacks on the US Federal Reserve that are…
JD Vance in India for trade talks as Modi seeks to avoid US tariffs
The meeting between JD Vance and India's Narendra Modi comes as New Delhi is trying to avoid Trump's trade tariffs. Vance's office reported "significant progress" in the talks.…
Nigeria struggles with unreliable electricity
Schimmelpfennig's statement praised Tinubu's ending of fuel subsidies, highlighting improvements of the foreign exchange market and changes regarding Nigeria's fiscal debt.…
Gig economy: The plight of delivery workers
From food delivery and ride-hailing apps to handywork and domestic services, millions of people around the globe work within the so-called gig economy – a term applied to independent contractors or freelancers,…