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Africa is projected to be world's second fastest growing region
21 Mar 2025,·26 mins
Europe's busiest airport, Heathrow, will be closed all day following a fire.
20 Mar 2025,·26 mins
China is imposing tariffs on Canada. We hear from a seafood exporter.
19 Mar 2025,·26 mins
Turkey's currency falls after the detainment of Istanbul's mayor.
Ukraine's power plants have been the subject of missile assaults
18 Mar 2025,·26 mins
The German parliament has passed a vote on a historic debt reform.
Mexico is now forecast to contract by 1.3% this year and shrink a further 0.6% next year
17 Mar 2025,·26 mins
Tariffs will hit world growth and raise inflation, says a major global policy forum.
Gold soars to $3,000; Canada's new PM faces economic woes.
14 Mar 2025,·26 mins
Efforts to pull Lebanon out of its economic crisis, as IMF warns of challenges ahead
He was responding to the EU's plan to impose a 50% tariff on US whiskey
13 Mar 2025,·26 mins
Germany plans to loosen constitutional debt limits
Canada and the EU have announced reciprocal levies on US goods.
12 Mar 2025,·26 mins
South Africa’s Treasury has unveiled a revised budget with a smaller VAT hike
But America still plans a 25% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminium imports.
11 Mar 2025,·26 mins
Trump targets Canada with even more tariffs
US markets are down today—could uncertainty over tariffs be fuelling the decline?
10 Mar 2025,·26 mins
Trade war affects US farming
Ports in the US have seen high levels of activity due to worries of tariffs.
07 Mar 2025,·26 mins
We explore the economic forces shaping Canada's leadership contest.
Donald Trump signs a deal to suspend some tariffs for Canada and Mexico.
06 Mar 2025,·26 mins
As Europe pledges to spend much more on defence, is the continent able to afford it?
The delay comes after Donald Trump met with the CEOs of the Big Three automakers
05 Mar 2025,·26 mins
Talks on tariffs continue between the US, Canada and Mexico.
Key trading nations are formulating their countermeasures
04 Mar 2025,·26 mins
China, Mexico and Canada begin to respond to President Trump’s tariffs
Sweeping 25% tariffs set to take effect on Tuesday
03 Mar 2025,·26 mins
Investors expect European countries to substantially increase defence spending.
