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Biden heads to border to face crisis he admits has no easy fix

Bloomberg President Joe Biden will confront one of his biggest political liabilities head-on, as he pays a visit to the US border with Mexico in El Paso, Texas. Biden will see first-hand conditions for migrants and the US officials who process them as they cross from Mexico. He’s facing calls from Democrats and Republicans to more quickly process cases, resettle ...

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South Africa’s Ramaphosa pledges to fix ANC

Bloomberg South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) is intent on turning itself around and addressing voter disillusionment over poor government services and high levels of crime, poverty and unemployment, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. “The renewable process is irreversible, it is irrevocable,” Ramaphosa told a rally at a stadium in the central city of Mangaung, where the party was founded ...

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Macron’s pension plan may get oppn nod

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to increase the retirement age to preserve the financial balance of the national pension system may get the backing of the Republican opposition party, its leader Eric Ciotti said. An overhaul that would progressively raise the retirement age from 62 currently to 64 in 2032 may be acceptable, the president of the conservative party ...

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