Economy & Business
US government shuts down after Senate fails to pass last-ditch funding plan as nation faces ...
Plunged into a government shutdown, the US is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after president Donald Trump and Congress failed to ...At least 100 feared dead in northwest Nigeria gold mine collapse
By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI (Reuters) -At least 100 people are feared dead following the collapse of a gold mining pit in Nigeria’s ...French unions strike against austerity, pressuring Macron
By NICOLAS GARRIGA, THOMAS ADAMSON and SYLVIE CORBET,Associated Press Marching with thousands of other protesters in Paris, hospital nurse Aya Touré put her ...Russia’s Putin hails ‘unprecedented’ ties with China
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday that their countries’ ties were at an “unprecedented level”, during ...India hit by 50% tariffs in Trump’s trade war over Russian oil
BY Beiyi SEOW AFP US tariffs of 50 percent took effect Wednesday on many Indian products, doubling an existing duty as President ...India, China agree to resume direct flights, boost business links
India and China agreed on Tuesday to resume direct flights and step up trade and investment flows as the neighbours rebuild ties ...Trump’s new tariffs give some countries a break, while shares and US dollar sink
By ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of ...UN says Congo rebels killed scores of farmers, M23 suggests ‘smear’
By Sonia Rolley PARIS (Reuters) -An M23 rebel attack on farmers and other civilians in east Democratic Republic of Congo killed 169 ...Angola’s petrol protest death toll rises to 22 as medics overwhelmed
Violence that erupted during protests this week in Angola sparked by the government’s decision to raise the price of fuel killed at least 22 ...Low water levels hamper shipping in Germany’s Rhine River as heat wave continues
A heat wave in western Europe has lowered water levels on Germany’s Rhine River, hampering shipping and raising freight costs for cargo ...