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A US federal appeals court has ruled Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs are illegal. The decision will throw the US’s trading partners into disarray…
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It is rare for small countries to succeed at strategic autonomy without some costs. Here’s what South Africa has to do to get it…
Has extreme poverty really plunged since the 1980s? New analysis suggests not
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