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The organization representing Canada’s doctors has issued a formal apology for the harms the medical profession has caused Indigenous Peoples.

Quad Summit in Delaware will show that the four-nation grouping is more strategically aligned and relevant than ever before, the White House has said. QUAD, comprising Australia, Japan, India and the US, is an initiative of President Joe Biden. In the first 100 days of his presidency, Biden convened a virtual leadership summit of the QUAD countries in 2020. Since then QUAD leaders have been holding an annual summit on a rotation basis. «We believe you'll see… that the Quad is more strategically aligned and more relevant than ever before,» John Kirby, White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Director told reporters at a news conference here on Wednesday.

As the U.S. Federal Reserve implemented its first interest rate cut since the early Covid pandemic, billionaire investor Ray Dalio flagged that the U.S. economy still faces an «enormous amount of debt.»

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has declined to endorse Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president, saying neither candidate has sufficient support from the 1.3 million-member union

Former U.S. President Donald Trump surprised patrons at PubKey, a cryptocurrency-themed bar in Manhattan, when he conducted a Bitcoin transaction, marking a first for a former or sitting U.S. President.

FBI announced on Wednesday that Iranian hackers have attempted to intervene in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The hackers sent emails to contacts of President Joe Biden’s campaign, using information allegedly stolen from former President Donald Trump’s campaign. The messages included excerpts from Trump's campaign documents aiming to lure Biden's team. The FBI found no evidence that anyone responded to these emails. Kamala Harris' campaign called the emails “unwelcome and unacceptable malicious activity,” treating them mostly as spam or phishing. Harris's campaign spokesperson, Morgan Finkelstein, stated, “We condemn in the strongest terms any effort by foreign actors to interfere in US elections.” The emails were sent before Trump’s campaign publicly acknowledged the hack on August 10. Iranian hackers reportedly stole and spread confidential Trump campaign documents. News outlets, including Politico, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, received these materials but have not reported the details.

Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation’s cargo from ships

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates that helped tame inflation but also made borrowing painfully expensive for consumers

Q. What is the core of your research? A. I work on administrative and constitutional law — I focus closely on immigration policy and how Latinos, Latinas and other minority groups are treated in America. We’ve heard Donald Trump recently claiming immigrants were ‘eating pets’ in Springfield, Ohio — what are the roots of such discourse? It’s intriguing that we’ve just started hearing these claims which were first made in the Presidential debate held last week. This was Donald Trump’s response to a direct question about his plan for immigration. Trump has promised to conduct mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. The question on that was pointed. The answer was a deflection, with Trump claiming immigrants — he was referring to Haitians — were apparently eating pets.

US Presidential debate, where Kamala Harris has been claimed to get the better of him, according to latest polls.

Biden treated Trump so well and felt sorry about what happened, as per what Trump said, reliving his conversation with Biden from Monday's campaign town hall in Michigan. The audience booed Trump when he mentioned the very nice call he had with Harris earlier in the event. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was accused of firing at a Secret Service agent after he allegedly pushed a rifle's muzzle through a fence around Trump's West Palm Beach, Florida, golf course while he was there. Routh was charged with two gun offenses on Monday. On Monday, Trump accused Biden and Harris, his rivals in the November election, of inciting violence against him with their words.

Rogers Communications Inc. is buying out Bell’s 37.5% share of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for $3.5 billion

General Motors is now offering adapters to help its electric vehicle owners access Tesla chargers

Former President Donald Trump has repeated false claims that Chinese automakers are putting up large factories in Mexico

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin after a judge denied his request to have it removed, potentially hurting Donald Trump's re-election chances. RFK Jr. abandoned his own independent presidential campaign late last month to support the former president, who has offered him a cabinet position if he returns to office. The former Democrat has since scrambled to remove his name from ballots across swing states, stating that if his name remains, he would likely hand the election over to the Democrats after abandoning his presidential campaign. The removal of RFK Jr. from ballots in swing states could help Republicans secure key votes in the tight race for the White House between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Also Read: The Penguin: Premiere date, episode schedule, where to watch and trailer

Gérard Mestrallet, French President Macron’s Special Envoy for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC), who was in India this week told ET’s Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury that President Emmanuel Macron has made this project a priority. Macron sees IMEEC as a way to enhance connectivity and foster integration between India, the Arabian Gulf and the European Union. Q: Can you share French perspective on IMEEC? A: France has been a staunch supporter of the IMEEC project from the outset.

Narendra Modi asserted on Wednesday that the Union Cabinet approving the recommendation to hold national and state elections simultaneously is an important step towards making India's democracy even more vibrant and participative. The cabinet on Wednesday accepted a high-level panel's recommendations for holding simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies in a phased manner after a countrywide consensus-building exercise.

election processes in seven countries including South Africa, Sweden and Belgium, before recommending simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and state assemblies in India, according to the committee's report approved by Union Cabinet on Wednesday. The other countries where simultaneous elections are conducted are Germany, Japan, Indonesia and the Phillipines. The panel led by former president Ram Nath Kovind had submitted its report to President Droupadi Mumu in March recommending simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha and state assemblies as the first step followed by synchronised local body polls within 100 days. According to the report, a comparative analysis of other countries was drawn while dealing with the issue of simultaneous elections. The aim was to study and adopt the best international practices to ensure fairness and transparency in elections.

INDIA bloc would soon form Government at the Centre, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claimed on Wednesday as he predicted that the ruling NDA will not complete its five-year term.He also lashed out at the BJP over the recent statements of its leaders targeting former Congress President Rahul Gandhi. «BJP leaders are issuing threats to Rahul Gandhi as BJP faced a setback in Lok Sabha polls.....We have reached 100 (seats), we will soon form a government, (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi will not complete five years. I don't believe in predicting the future, but I'm still saying it based on the political developments,» Siddaramaiah said. «Looking at the political developments taking place in the government (at the Centre) — see with the support of JD(U) and (N) Chandrababu Naidu (of TDP), he (Modi) is surviving (as PM). They may withdraw support any moment, what will happen then?», he said at a press conference at his home-office 'Krishna.'

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge made his party's stance clear following the Union Cabinet's approval of the proposal, as recommended by the Kovind panel.