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Over the summer Rachel Reeves has been on a road trip around Britain. From Cornwall and Kent, to Aberdeen, south Wales and Belfast, in search of the solutions for a national economy that is stuck in a rut.Inspired by this tour, the chancellor used a Guardian article last week to set her autumn budget priority: boosting productivity. Tax and spending may dominate news headlines, but this is the real problem facing the country, and no politician of the past two decades has managed to fix it.Productivity is a dull word of vital importance. Growing the measure of output for each…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration’s crackdown on violent crime in Washington, D.C., has already netted more than 240 arrests and taken 38 guns off the streets, a White House official told Fox News.The show of force has swept up gang members, robbery suspects and immigration violators. On Friday alone, 52 people were arrested, including 28 illegal immigrants, while three guns were seized.Federal teams also cleared 25 homeless encampments, and officials said those removals were carried out without confrontations or arrests. The Trump administration’s crackdown on violent crime in Washington, D.C., has already netted more…

Air Canada said it would resume flights Sunday after a government directive to end a flight attendants’ strike.The Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) “has directed Air Canada to resume airline operations and for all Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flight attendants to resume their duties” by 2 p.m. ET, the airline said in a statement.The directive came after Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu moved to impose binding arbitration Saturday, extending the existing contract until a new agreement is reached.More than 10,000 flight attendants walked off the job over pay and scheduling disputes after months of negotiations over a new contract.The…

Noida To Delhi Airport In Just 20 Minutes: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two major national highway projects in Delhi today, which will significantly ease the commute from Noida to Indira Gandhi International Airport. The newly opened 76-km Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II), designed as Delhi’s third Ring Road, and the 29-km Dwarka Expressway are expected to help ease the city’s traffic challenges. Now, commuters will be able to reach IGI Airport from Noida in just 20 minutes. The new expressways are developed at a combined cost of nearly Rs 11,000 crore. These highways aim to reduce congestion, cut travel times, and…

Pressure to go further on wealth taxes – by creating new modes of clawing at hoards of hard-to-reach cash – is mounting.For starters, the fiscal picture is looking fairly bleak, with economists estimating that Rachel Reeves must raise £20bn – or even as much as £50bn – to meet her goal of balancing day-to-day spending against the revenue raised from taxation.On the government backbenches, meanwhile, MPs want the chancellor to squeeze the richest in society harder. They even put forward an early day motion last month calling for a 2% annual tax on individual assets over £10m.Yet introducing these kinds…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jonathan Bush, cousin of former President George W. Bush, is signaling a possible run for Maine governor, blasting what he calls the state’s “learned helplessness” and outlining a policy vision to revive the “Maine Dream.” Bush’s message, published through his nonprofit, Maine for Keeps, offers a preview of how he could frame his pitch to voters.The Bangor Daily News reported that former President Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush recently attended a small fundraiser for Jonathan in Kennebunkport. Newsweek also reported he has already launched an exploratory committee for governor in addition to…

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New Delhi: In today’s digital age, shopping online for everything from groceries to daily essentials has become a part of everyday life. But for a 71-year-old woman from Mumbai’s Wadala area, a simple attempt to order just 1 litre of milk online took a shocking turn. What seemed like a routine purchase ended in disaster, as she ended up losing Rs 18.5 lakh from her bank accounts to a scam. How the Fraud Unfolded It all started on August 4, when the woman received a call from a man named Deepak, who claimed to be an executive from a milk…

Anti-racism campaigners held a counter-demonstration against people protesting against “uncontrolled illegal immigration” outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Scotland.Stand Up to Racism Scotland, Falkirk Trades Union Council and local people said they organised the gathering in Falkirk on Saturday to show that refugees are welcome in the town.Organisers described it as a “safely stewarded community event with music, speeches from the local community, the trade union movement, local campaigns, faith groups and others”.Demonstrators held placards with messages such as “stop the far right”, “refugees welcome” and “migrants make our NHS”.Police said Kemper Avenue in Falkirk was closed…

KHARKIV, Ukraine — Even as his family sobbed into the dirt of his brother’s grave, Ukrainian soldier Artem Reshetilov warned President Donald Trump that he should not compromise with Russia during Friday’s peace talks in Alaska. His brother, Andrei, 38, was killed by a Russian artillery strike while fighting to defend Ukraine’s front lines. At the funeral on the eve of the talks in Anchorage — which Ukraine has not been invited to — Reshetilov urged Trump not to bend to Vladimir Putin’s demands of more Ukrainian land.“We don’t have to compromise with the enemy and give up our beloved…