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Volker Turk tells the UN Human Rights Council that policies meant to protect marginalised people are being called ‘discriminatory’.The United Nations human rights chief has expressed deep concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” by the United States under President Donald Trump, warning that divisive rhetoric is being used to deceive and polarise people. “We have enjoyed bipartisan support from the US on human rights over many decades. … I am now deeply worried by the fundamental shift in direction that is taking place domestically and internationally,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights…

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer put forward a framework for a peace plan between Ukraine and Russia on Sunday, though he acknowledged it relies heavily on assumed U.S. support.Starmer revealed the plan along with French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday. In a concession to President Donald Trump’s administration, Starmer emphasized that European countries would need to “step up their own share of the burden” toward security guarantees for Ukraine in the event of a peace deal.Starmer said the U.K. is prepared to deploy boots on the ground in…

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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Protesters accusing Amazon of union-busting gathered in downtown Montreal today to continue their calls for a boycott of the company after it decided to shutter its Quebec warehouses in the province in January. Félix Trudeau, union president for the Laval, Que., Amazon warehouse that unionized last May, was one about 50 protesters at Montreal’s Phillips Square when a Canadian Press reporter visited the scene, although videos of the protest posted to social media later in the day shows a crowd of more than 100 people.Earlier this week he shared the stage with New Democrat…

When President Trump announced last week that an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods would take effect on Tuesday, Logan Vanghele immediately called the logistics company that was handling a $120,000 shipment of aquarium products for his small business.The cargo was on a ship en route to Boston from China. His message was clear: “Get this thing off the boat, please.”Company executives and foreign officials are scrambling to avert the consequences of another tight deadline from Mr. Trump, who has threatened to put stiff tariffs on goods coming in from China, Canada and Mexico starting just after midnight Tuesday.The…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Europe’s defence sector extended a blistering rally on Monday as investors raised their bets that governments across the continent will have to boost military spending and shoulder more of the burden for their security.Shares in Rheinmetall, Germany’s largest defence company, jumped 9.7 per cent, London-based BAE Systems was up 12.5 per cent in London and Leonardo climbed 9.6 per cent in Milan. Paris-listed Thales surged 10.8 per cent, while Sweden’s Saab was up 7.8 per cent. The Stoxx Europe aerospace and defence…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.There are some things in global finance which you really shouldn’t look at too closely if you value your sanity. Repo and money markets would definitely be one. But even the banking system’s funding arrangements are benign compared to the Lovecraftian horror of their IT outsourcing, because there’s no central bank to guarantee a happy ending. As one senior bank supervisor put it a few years ago, there is no such thing as a database provider of last resort.In other words, Hell…

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Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) nominee for US President Donald Trump, during a Senate Budget Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new leadership on Thursday dismissed at least four enforcement lawsuits undertaken by the previous administration’s director.In legal filings, the CFPB issued a notice of voluntary dismissal for cases involving Capital One; Berkshire Hathaway-owned Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance; a Rocket Cos. unit called Rocket Homes Real Estate; and a loan servicer named Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.”The Plaintiff,…

The United Nations’ human rights chief has sounded the alarm over a “fundamental shift in direction” by the United States under President Donald Trump.