# Deputy president Paul Mashatile welcomed vice-chairman of China’s top political advisory body, Gao Yunlong, at O.R. Tambo Residence in Pretoria. Their meeting focused on strengthening cooperation in health, energy, and the automotive sectors. Mashatile emphasised diversifying trade and reaffirmed South Africa’s commitment to ongoing high-level engagement with China. They also discussed the upcoming G20 […]
# The head of the International Monetary Fund says the global economy is likely to avoid a recession despite the hit to growth from US President Donald Trump’s tariff rollout. The stop-start US tariff plans have fueled levels of market volatility unseen since the Covid-19 pandemic, and most economists expect the imposition of new import […]
# Die hoof van die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds sê die wêreldekonomie sal, ten spyte van president Donald Trump se tariewe, waarskynlik ’n resessie vryspring. Die onvoorspelbaarheid van Amerikaanse tariefplanne het die wisselvalligheid van die markte tot vlakke gedryf wat laas tydens die Covid-19-pandemie gesien is. Ekonome verwag dat die nuwe invoerheffings groei sal demp en […]
# Rusland se hoogste hof het die Taliban se klassifikasie as ’n terreurorganisasie verwyder. Dit is ’n simboliese gebaar wat daarop gemik is om vriendskapsbande met Afghanistan se de facto-regeerders te bou. Die Islamitiese groep het in Augustus 2021 beheer in Afghanistan oorgeneem toe Amerikaanse magte, wat die land se internasionaal-erkende regering ondersteun het, onttrek […]
# Russia’s Supreme Court has removed the Taliban’s designation as a terrorist organisation, a symbolic gesture aimed at building friendly ties with Afghanistan’s de facto rulers. The Islamist group seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, when American forces supporting the country’s internationally recognised government pulled out. Moscow, which called the US withdrawal a “failure”, […]
# Die Europese Sentrale Bank het vandag weer die rentekoerse verlaag te midde van vrese dat die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump se wisselvallige tariefaankondigings groei regoor die eurosone kan bedreig. Die bank se beleidmakers het besluit om die maatstaf-depositokoers vir die sesde keer na mekaar met ‘n kwart basispunt te verlaag, wat beteken dit is […]
# Turkye se sentrale bank het vandag sy belangrikste rentekoers met 3,5-persent verhoog tot 46-persent, na ‘n maand van protes. Die rentekoersverhoging kom nadat Turkye geskud is deur betogings teen die arrestasie en tronkstraf van Istanbul se gewilde burgemeester, Ekrem Imamoglu, op korrupsie-aanklagte wat hy ontken, wat die Turkse lira na rekordlaagtepunte gestuur het. Benewens […]
# The European Central Bank cut interest rates again today amid fears that US President Donald Trump’s stop-start tariff announcements could threaten growth across the eurozone. ECB policymakers decided to lower the benchmark deposit rate by a quarter basis point for the sixth time in a row, leaving it at 2.25-percent.
# Turkey’s central bank hiked its key interest rate by 3.5-percentage points to 46-percent today after a month of protests. The rate hike came as Turkey was roiled by street protests against the arrest and jailing of Istanbul’s popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on graft charges he denies, which sent the Turkish lira to record lows. […]
