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Labor has had a reversal of fortune as the election campaign gets underway, with the latest polling showing working voters shifting away from the coalition.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday (Mar 29) that Vietnam may buy as many as 50 planes from Embraer, the Brazilian planemaker, and that another Brazilian company may invest US$100 million in a meat-processing plant in the Asian country, as he prepared to conclude his state visit to Hanoi, where he met President Luong Cuong. Last week, sources told Reuters that Brazilian meatpacker JBS was considering building such a plant in Vietnam, which would be its first in Asia. The company did not immediately comment on Lula’s remarks and it is unclear if the US$100 million…

An American woman detained in Afghanistan has been released by the Taliban, according to a social media post on Saturday by a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, just days after the United States removed multimillion-dollar bounties from the heads of three senior Taliban officials.Faye Hall, the released American citizen, was pictured sitting on a couch between two men and smiling in a social media post on X by Zalmay Khalilzad, the former ambassador. Mr. Khalizad said that Ms. Hall “is now in the care of our friends, the Qataris in Kabul, and will soon be on her way…

Nearly all of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s staff members in the United States were fired on Friday, a sharp escalation of the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE team’s efforts to eliminate the government-funded independent nonprofit, according to current and former staff members and termination notices obtained by The New York Times.The late-night firings of dozens at the organization dealt it a severe blow as Trump officials have sought to exert control over the nonprofit and dismantle it. Earlier this month, the administration and Mr. Musk’s team gained access to the institute’s building in a dramatic showdown, with the…

Johnny Mathis, a pop music singer and one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, said this week that he would perform only four more live concerts before retiring from touring after nearly 70 years.Known for his “velvet voice” on romantic ballads like “It’s Not for Me to Say” and “Wonderful! Wonderful!” Mr. Mathis has been singing standards and soft rock since his teenage years, but he started touring professionally after his debut album was released in 1956.Mr. Mathis, 89, will pick up the microphone for shows in April and May, but his concerts scheduled for the summer…

For “Baywatch” star Alexandra Paul, what started as a frightening intrusion into her private life escalated into a 13-year nightmare. Paul revealed to Fox News Digital the traumatic experience of being stalked by a woman who targeted her and her family, leading to her husband being struck by a car and over $60,000 in legal fees.”The hardest part was not knowing when my husband and I were being watched and followed and worrying that she would hurt us,” Paul exclusively told Fox News Digital as she reflected on the emotional toll of living in constant fear. ‘BAYWATCH’ STAR PAMELA ANDERSON LEFT HOLLYWOOD…

The White House has spent the week trying to downplay the revelation that top national security officials discussed plans for U.S. strikes in Yemen on Houthi militants over Signal, a commercial messaging app.In a stunning breach of national security, the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, disclosed specific operational details before the attacks in the group chat — which inadvertently included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. Michael Waltz, the national security adviser who added Mr. Goldberg to the chat, said he took “full responsibility” for the leak.Several Democrats called for Mr. Hegseth to step down. But the Trump administration has…

Here’s another thing getting cut in Washington: comedy.The White House Correspondents’ Association said on Saturday that it canceled a planned performance by Amber Ruffin, the actress and talk-show host, at its annual black-tie dinner on April 26.A monologue by a featured comedian is usually the highlight of the journalists’ soiree. Memorable performances by Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers, among other stars, have turned into touchstones of political satire.But amid rocky relations between President Trump and the White House press corps — and numerous efforts by the administration to undermine the news media — the correspondents’ group decided to go in…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Agriculture myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.US egg prices are rapidly declining after a bird flu epidemic pushed them to record highs last month, prompting questions about whether producers had kept them artificially high.Wholesale egg prices have fallen 54 per cent in the past four weeks to $3.91 per dozen on Friday, according to commodity price information service Expana.The American Egg Board, a trade group that represents egg farmers, credited a lack of significant avian flu outbreaks in the past month and farmers’ efforts to rebuild their flocks for…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Goldman Sachs’ bonuses to chief executive David Solomon and president John Waldron worth $80mn apiece “raise significant concerns” and should be rejected by the bank’s shareholders, advisory firm Glass Lewis has recommended.In a report published late on Friday, the proxy adviser said the duo’s awards, which the bank announced in January, were “further exacerbated by their structure, with the grants deviating from the company’s historical use of performance-based equity awards”. The bonuses will be paid entirely in stock and are not tied…