HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets mostly fell Tuesday, with concerns about upcoming European elections and Donald Trump’s unpredictable presidency fuelling uncertainty. With investor nerves shredded by a succession of outbursts from the new US president, safe-haven assets rose. Gold pushed higher and while the yen eased from three-month highs against the dollar it continued to hold recent gains. The weakness across markets is in contrast to the two-month rally that followed Trump’s election […]
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Trump accuses Merkel of ‘catastrophic mistake’ over migrants
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel made a “catastrophic mistake” in letting migrants flood into Germany, US President-elect Donald Trump said in a newspaper interview Sunday. He blamed the refugee crisis for being the “straw that broke the camel’s back” and triggered Britain’s vote last year to leave the European Union. “I think she made one very catastrophic mistake and that was taking all of these illegals, you know, taking all of the people […]





