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  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    UK welfare reform
    UK plans shake-up of welfare system to tackle working-age inactivity

    Minister says system leaves too many Britons ‘on the scrapheap’ ahead of autumn white paper

    A person walks past a Jobcentre Plus
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Kamala Harris admits she still has ‘to earn’ the Black male vote

    Vice-president also calls out racist comments made by Donald Trump in an interview

    Vice-president Kamala Harris
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    US Dollar
    US dollar trades in the doldrums as rates and data weigh on outlook

    Appreciation of other major currencies such as yen and pound has put downward pressure on the greenback

    US dollars
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Sean Combs
    Music mogul Sean Combs charged with racketeering and sex trafficking

    Rapper-turned-entrepreneur faces federal indictment after string of allegations

    Sean Combs, pictured in 2017
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Trump vows to restore homeowner tax break he scrapped

    Former US president courts wealthy suburban voters with pledge to ‘get Salt back’

    Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    European Union
    EU competition chief warns against weakening rules to create champions

    Margrethe Vestager’s comments come as successor told to be ‘more supportive’ of companies

    Margrethe Vestager
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East conflict
    Exploding pagers join long history of killer communications devices

    Israel, blamed by Hizbollah for Tuesday’s attack, has long used telephones and their successors to track and kill enemies

    CCTV footage of a man’s bag exploding in a Beirut supermarket on Tuesday, left
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    National Health Service
    Major London NHS hospital trust freezes external hiring

    Guy’s and St Thomas’ moves to tackle £31mn deficit as government push to improve standards collides with straitened budgets

    Guy’s Hospital in London
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    German politics
    German conservative leader Friedrich Merz says he will run for chancellor

    Move sets up duel between CDU chief and SPD incumbent Olaf Scholz in 2025 poll

    Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Katie Martin
    Market speculation about the next Fed rate cut masks deeper issues

    Even so, perma-critics of the US central bank are cracking their knuckles in anticipation

    Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Martin Wolf
    Draghi is trying to save Europe from itself

    His report on competitiveness presents the EU with an ‘existential challenge’

    A James Ferguson illustration of a lorry with the livery of the American flag driving past an old Volkswagen van that is decorated with the European Union flag and is missing its wheels and is sitting on bricks
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Markets InsightCraig Coben
    The questions over Commerzbank’s stake sale

    Deal is a textbook example of how not to create price tension in a capital markets offering

    Commerzbank’s logo on the side of its headquarters in Frankfurt
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    UK energy
    North Sea regulator threatens to name oil groups for decommissioning delays

    Some operators have put off plugging wells in hope of passing on cost

    Oil rigs in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Liberal Democrats UK
    Lib Dems to press Rachel Reeves to raise taxes on banks and wealthy

    Ed Davey wraps up party conference saying rich should pay more to fund transformation of NHS and social care

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    Lammy vows to put climate action at centre of UK foreign policy

    Foreign secretary says government will build global clean power alliance for sharing knowledge and technology

    David Lammy speaks in Kew Gardens surrounded by palm trees
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Israel adds securing northern front against Hizbollah to war aims

    Decision increases fears about escalation of conflict with Lebanese militants

    Smoke rises above a hilly landscape as seen from Israel's border with Lebanon. Black and white smoke plumes are visible amid the terrain
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    UK interest rates
    Traders step up bets on BoE interest rate cut

    Markets price in 35% chance of central bank move this week as expectations of large US rate cut have grown

    The facade of the Bank of England in the City of London, with the UK flag flying atop the building under a clear sky
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    US Election Countdown
    How will the apparent attempt on Trump’s life change the campaign?

    Also in today’s newsletter, Kamala Harris’s Nevada problem and the polling advantage on economic stewardship

    Law enforcement officials outside the Donald Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florid
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Chess
    India well placed for first Olympiad gold as US falters

    Puzzle: find White’s endgame win

    Two chess grandmasters shake hands over the board before their match begins
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    LexConstruction sector
    US homebuilders really do look as safe as houses Premium content

    The industry cannot avoid its cyclicality entirely but companies can adapt their operating models

    New homes under construction
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    ReviewMusic
    Musikfest Berlin kicks off capital’s season with mesmerising and inventive works

    The Berliner Philharmoniker played Brucker and Rihm while Ensemble Modern offered Ruth Crawford Seeger

    A man in a black jacket with an eagle-ish countenance conducting the strings
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Tesco PLC
    Tesco plans to expand use of AI to personalise how people shop

    UK’s biggest supermarket says technology may nudge people to buy healthier products and reduce waste

    A Tesco supermarket in London
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Microsoft wants more ‘clarity’ over AI chip curbs to Middle East

    Tech giant creates new AI institutes with UAE’s G42 as it awaits decision to lift US controls on chip shipments

    OpenAI and Microsoft logos on a smartphone and a laptop
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central BanksChris Giles
    A crisis of confidence at the Fed Premium content

    Its self doubt comes in a decisive week for central banks

    Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Climate change
    Data centres must work ‘within climate limits’, says Irish minister

    Energy demands of AI place strain on power supplies

    Amazon’s data centre in south Dublin
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