Trump fired labour statistics chief last week, undermining trust in key data. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Janet Yellen, the former Treasury secretary and chair of the Federal Reserve, described the firing to the New York Times as “ the kind of thing you would only expect to see in a banana republic .” ...

South Africa closes the first cycle of G20 presidencies with a call to refocus on development, equality, and cooperation amid rising fragmentation in the global order.