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Johannesburg (AFP) - Washington's 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse...

Stocks, dollar hit as Trump admits costs of ‘beautiful’ trade blitz

by Emma Reilly

Tokyo (AFP) - Jitters about US tariffs hammered stocks and the dollar again Friday as President Donald Trump acknowledged the...

Dollar, stocks hit and gold hits record as trade war panic returns

by Emma Reilly

Hong Kong (AFP) - The dollar tumbled with most stocks while gold hit a fresh record high as panic gripped...

Despite Trump pause, overall US tariff rate at highest in a century

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's delay of steeper tariffs may have won brief respite on Wall Street, but...

Tesla opens first showroom in oil-rich Saudi

Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - The Tesla electric vehicle company owned by billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday opened its first...

Wall Street rally fizzles as tariff fears resurface

New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks resumed their free fall Thursday while the dollar stumbled as persistent concerns about...

US-China confrontation overshadows Trump’s ‘beautiful’ trade war

by Thomas Barnes

Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump claimed victory over Europe in the US tariffs war but acknowledged a "cost" to...

OpenAI countersues Musk as feud deepens

by David Peterson

San Francisco (AFP) - Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has filed counterclaims against multi-billionaire Elon Musk, accusing its former co-founder of...

Shanghai finance workers worry after front-row seat to tariff turmoil

Shanghai (AFP) - As stock prices flashed across a huge screen at a bustling intersection in China's business hub Shanghai,...

EU halts counter-tariffs but no pause in US-China trade war

by David Peterson