Global growth has been surprisingly strong, but the surge in buybacks is limiting expenditure and could cause more political turmoil
The sides have been engaged in an escalating tit-for-tat trade fight for months
Michelle Bachelet will give a widely anticipated speech on Monday, with many eager for clues to how she will address rights crises around the world
Talks foundered over the key issue of how efforts to limit climate change are funded and how contributions are reported.
London split off the remote islands from Mauritius in 1965, three years before Port Louis gained independence
Trump doubled down on his suggestion that China was not helping to rein in its Cold War-era ally
The currency has been hit by concerns over monetary policy under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The senator’s passing marked the end of a 35-year political career
Allowing infrastructure to break down, because of negligence or direct action, puts lives in danger
President Donald Trump has been making good on his campaign pledges to slap punitive tariffs on countries he accuses of cheating American workers
On Tuesday that once-deep loyalty melted away when Cohen stunningly implicated the US president in two felony crimes
The dollar has been on the ascent in recent months, but it stumbled after Trump’s latest criticism of the central bank
As investors move away from risky emerging markets, the highly traded rand is caught up in the contagion
Qatar pledges to make direct investment in Turkey, currently hit by currency crisis amid a diplomatic stand-off with US
The two countries are expected to launch a new round of tit-for-tat tariffs on $16-billion worth of goods from each country on August 23
Turkey would not need to impose capital controls to stem the plunge in the lira
The two countries are in disagreement over the Syria conflict and over the fate of Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen
Pollsters rate the Ohio race between Republican state senator Troy Balderson and Democratic lawyer Danny O’Connor as a toss-up
An explainer on what constitutes as cyberwar
Economists should note that US protectionism will create some beneficiaries in other countries
The world’s two largest economies have squared off in a tit for tat trade war that threatens to disrupt international commerce
The Lotter enables South Africans to enter the biggest lotteries across the world
In South Africa — which we see as ‘our land’ — we too are watching the borderisation of the state
The market positivity that ushered South Africa into 2018 after the ascendance of President Cyril Ramaphosa now seems like a distant memory
A defiant Trump sounded unfazed by the mounting pressure to alleviate the situation before it ruptures into a public relations disaster for his party
Trump warned of "additional tariffs" should Beijing hit back with tit-for-tat measures
This time, the US has lost a chance of a rematch with real-life archrivals and mending bridges
The Supreme Court also ruled that the baker’s First Amendment Rights were violated, which protects the freedom of religion
The Caribbean braces for another hurricane season even though many nations remain crippled by the catastrophic damage of 2017
A new study has showed that the hurricane that hit Puerto Rico in 2017 was far deadlier than previously estimated
South Africa is less likely to suffer but investors will look for the elusive factor — growth
Events in recent months highlight the mounting interest of China and Russia in the Central African Republic