Bloomberg European industry is in trouble and there’s a risk it will infect other parts of the economy, deepening the slowdown that’s already left the region fragile. Concern is growing in markets and even at the European Central Bank that the services sector won’t be able to withstand a broader manufacturing slump. That would undermine jobs growth and domestic demand, ...

Bloomberg South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has until June 21 to answer anti-graft ombudsman questions after being implicated in a probe into a donation his campaign received from a company linked to a bribes scandal. The rand fell. Ramaphosa received notification about the preliminary outcome of the investigation, which will be finalised once he has responded, Busisiwe Mkhwebane said in ...

Bloomberg Kazakhstan’s new president called for dialogue with protesters after police arrested hundreds of people demonstrating against his election and opposition groups called for rallies to continue. Former Senate leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dominated the presidential ballot, taking 71 percent of the vote to cement a transfer of power by Nursultan Nazarbayev, who had ruled the country since before the collapse ...