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An Air Canada Bombardier CRJ-900LR aircraft is seen at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington Virginia, on Oct. 5, 2025. Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Monday said Bombardier, a Canadian airplane manufacturer, must build its products in the U.S. in order to keep selling in the American market. The move comes amid a bitter trade war between the U.S. and Canada, and on the eve of retaliatory tariffs set to take effect Tuesday on a range of U.S. goods. “NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “If…

The chancellor may have thought about shifting the venue of his first major speech this morning.It was an absolute and total coincidence that he chose to make it in the Coventry Manufacturing and Technology Centre (MTC), just a few minutes’ drive from the city’s totemic HQ of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).In the event, no one was pulling punches. The 4,000 office-based job losses at JLR were confirmed as John Healey answered questions a few miles away.Healey chose to lean into it as an example of the global turbulence against which the UK needs more resilience.The difference between this chancellor and…

The UK is in talks over rejoining EU security missions, in a move that would further widen Labour’s “reset” in relations with Europe.The agreement under negotiation could see British officials and experts take part in civilian crisis management operations for the first time since Brexit.EU is currently conducting 13 crisis management missions from a permanent HQ based in Brussels, as part of its common foreign and security policy.They span efforts to train Somalian coastguards in tackling piracy, advise border police in Mali, and help Ukrainian prosecutors investigate war crime allegations.Cybersecurity support to help countries protect themselves from hacking has been…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R), Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen (L) and Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen visit Qoornoq, an abandoned settlement on the island of Qaarusuup Nunaa, also called ‘Bear Island’, Greenland on September 6, 2026.Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty ImagesEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday announced a fresh funding boost for Greenland, seeking to shore up Arctic ties with the self-governing Danish territory amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation drive.Speaking alongside Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, the EU chief said the 200-million-euro ($232.3 million)…

Plans for a major shake-up of local government are on hold, after the government launched a review following legal advice.Proposals to merge smaller councils to form larger authorities in Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk have been withdrawn.Meanwhile, plans for 14 other areas will also be reviewed and paused.Reorganisation in Surrey, where councillors for two new unitary authorities were elected in May, will not be affected by the review.The government confirmed local elections in May 2027 would go ahead on existing council boundaries.Communities Secretary Angela Rayner will announce the review in Parliament later.She is expected to tell MPs that “in light…

August’s surprisingly strong U.S. jobs print has sharply increased the odds of a September Fed rate hike — offering investors a chance to buy equities, take advantage of opportunities in longer-dated bond yields and build gold hedges, according to UBS . The Federal Reserve could be set to raise interest rates after U.S. nonfarm payrolls surged by 162,000 last month, exceeding consensus forecasts of 55,000, as unemployment held steady at 4.1%. Following August’s jobs report — the strongest monthly total since March — traders were pricing in roughly a 60% chance of a quarter-point hike when the Federal Open Market…

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with travel industry executives in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 2, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump posted a stream of AI-generated images and a series of sweeping and unverified claims on Truth Social on Sunday, including saying that he has made hundreds of billions of dollars on stocks and other holdings for the U.S. The 80-year-old commander in chief spent more than 10 hours on Sunday posting dozens of apparently AI-generated images on his social media platform. The posts included…

Alternative for Germany (AfD) party members and candidates celebrate at the party headquarters following an exit poll release during Saxony-Anhalt regional elections, in Magdeburg, Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. The far-right Alternative for Germany decisively won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt amid growing public discontent with the political establishment.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA landslide electoral victory for the far-right in the small but significant state of Saxony-Anhalt over the weekend is sending shockwaves through Europe and piling pressure on Germany’s federal government. Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured the highest share of the vote at 43.8%, well above the…

Global stock markets have been volatile as investors assess high bond yields and continued tensions between the U.S. and Iran. There are concerns about the impact of uncertainty in the Middle East on oil prices and consequently on inflation. Investors who prefer to look beyond short-term noise and buy stocks with attractive long-term growth potential can follow the recommendations of top Wall Street analysts. The ratings of these experts are backed by in-depth research of a company’s financials and thorough analysis of the factors affecting its business performance.Here are three stocks favored by some of Wall Street’s top pros, according to TipRanks,…

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