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Ethiopia’s finance ministry said the details have been communicated to the International Monetary Fund.

The government plans to slash administrative costs, impose a tax on local companies’ profits, and charge a levy on undeveloped land.

The figures could be a sign that spending cuts by the government and Public Investment Fund companies are hitting the job market.

Venezuela controls the world’s biggest known oil reserves.

However, most believe the stock market will rise.

The US will maintain or grow its lead in productivity over the rest of the world because of AI, economists predicted.

The US attack on Venezuela relies on the same deception that justified the war in Iraq: the idea of self-financing wars with oil. President Trump said Saturday that the US will run Venezuela following the capture of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. “It won’t cost us anything because the money coming […]

By Jake Johnson for Common Dreams US President Donald Trump left no doubt on Saturday that a—or perhaps the—primary driver of his decision to illegally attack Venezuela, abduct its president, and pledge to indefinitely run its government was his desire to control and exploit the country’s oil reserves, which are believed to be the largest in the world. Over the course […]

Trump’s removal of President Nicolás Maduro could tilt international court proceedings and provide a windfall to corporate plaintiffs.