US service providers expanded in March at the slowest pace in nine months as orders growth cooled and a measure of employment tumbled to the lowest since 2023.
US President Donald Trump shows a gold visa card to members of the press aboard Air Force One on April 3. “For $5 million, this could be yours,” he says. (Source: Bloomberg)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the National Treasury is looking at all options to avoid having to raise value-added tax but that the prospects for escaping such an increase are dim.
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen discusses US President Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement and the NATO meeting taking place in Brussels, attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.