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Dockworkers across the eastern United States are joining their peers on strike at Montreal ports as a fresh wave of labour action grips North American supply chains.

Buffalo’s longest-serving mayor says he will leave office early to lead an offtrack betting agency

In his inaugural address to parliament, the new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has warned that “colossal” and spiraling debts are a “sword of Damocles” hanging over the country’s finances

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Xi Jinping issuing a stern warning that the road ahead for the Communist nation won't be smooth as it is weighed down by economic headwinds coupled with intensifying rivalry with the US and growing tensions with neighbours, including India. A large number of people attended the ceremonial flag hoisting at the sprawling Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Tuesday to celebrate the National Day as the country shut down for a week-long holiday. Other than this, there were no festivities nor grand military parades displaying China's military might like in the 60th and 70th anniversaries of the National Day, but a rallying call from Xi asking people to prepare for hard times. «The road ahead won't be smooth and flat, there will be difficulties and obstacles. [We] might face high winds and rough seas, even stormy seas,» Xi said at a banquet on the eve of the anniversary as China tries to regain economic momentum amid an increasingly challenging set of geopolitical headwinds.

U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a threatened strike early Tuesday

A Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy.

Tanzeel Akhtar has been covering the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector since 2015. She has written for the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CoinDesk and Bitcoin Magazine.

Former U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reacts to shippers making their counter offer to ILA on The Claman Countdown.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The stock market debut of The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts is all set to fuel investor appetite for luxury-hotel stocks, experts said, as they expect strong demand for premium experiences to drive the current upcycle in the hotel industry for the next three to four years. Leela Palaces filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of ₹5,000 crore on 20 September.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Automobile dealers are staring at slowing sales and swelling stocks, after Onam and Ganesh Chaturthi that kick off India's annual festive season failed to revive a protracted slump. Concerns are mounting over whether the upcoming Navratri and Diwali festivals will spark a turnaround, amid record-high inventories, deep discounting and cooling consumer excitement.

US election 2024 on this Tuesday. The much awaited VP debate is taking place weeks after the US Presidential debate between Donald Trump and US Vice President Kamala Harris which was held on September 10. According to the CBS News, the network primarily proposed four dates to TimWalz, Governor of Minnesota and JD Vance, Senator of Ohio, within which the date of October 1 was finalized and agreed on by both the Democratic and Republican camps. On August 14, Tim Walz did a post on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) which read ‘See you on October 1, JD’. Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance promptly accepted the offer and the CBS Network also announced the debate will take place on October 1, noted USA Today.

American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear analyzes the short and long-term macroeconomic impacts as dockworker strikes could disrupt major shipping ports on the East Coast.

Kamala Harris that she used a teleprompter during the interview with American host and television producer Oprah Winfrey.

The union representing U.S. dockworkers has signaled that 45,000 members will walk off the job at midnight, kicking off a massive strike likely to shut down ports across the East and Gulf coasts

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that more rate cuts are in the pipeline, though their size and speed will depend on the evolution of the economy

On Thursday, former president Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that he was selling an Official Trump Watch Collection. Available at GetTrumpWatches.com, the timepieces range in price from US$499 and US$799 for silver- and gold-toned automatic watches to US$100,000 for solid gold watches featuring a tourbillon complication. All are limited edition, with the less expensive “Fighter” models coming in a run of 1,000, and each of the three pricier “Victory Tourbillon” lines limited to 147 numbered pieces, a clear reference to the job of 47th president of the United States now in contention.

Donald Trump has once again lashed out against the immigrants as the US election 2024 enters the final stage. Trump made the remarks during the visit to the University of Alabama campus.

Polymarket and the UMA token might not survive a disputed US presidential election outcome, and here’s why.

Rescue operations sought to find survivors and deliver supplies across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee in areas where torrential rains brought by Hurricane Helene caused havoc. Residents face power cuts, supply shortages, blocked roads and broken communication lines in often mountainous terrain.

IPF) on Monday announced plans to develop at least two additional poly parks in West Bengal, alongside its existing Sankrail polypark, in response to rising demand and fresh capex in the sector amid anti-plastic rhetoric by certain groups. The plastics lobby also revealed that, due to a shortage of skilled manpower, it is set to launch a sector skill centre at Sankrail in Howrah district, which is pending approval from the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). «Approximately Rs 3,000 crore worth of capital expenditure is already planned over the next few years, which could potentially generate around 2 lakh new jobs in the state. Given this scenario, more poly parks are needed. One is planned for Uluberia on a 50-acre land parcel, while we are scouting for a suitable site along the Durgapur Highway for the other,» said IPF President Lalit Agarwal on the sidelines of the 65th AGM. Agarwal added that the IPF is ready with the infrastructure for the skill development centre at the Sankrail poly park and is awaiting NSDC approval.