Canada, partners to formally establish new defence bank next month, Champagne says

🔮 Neither man is on the ballot, but Republican President Trump and Democratic former president Obama took prominent roles on the campaign trail on Wednesday, with less than a week to go before congressional races that could shift the balance of power in Washington.

🔮 Reuters was not able to ascertain how far along the Pentagon’s investigation was or whether it had reached any conclusions about what happened or who might be responsible.

🔮 No state has more data centre-related ballot measures, with voters in more than a dozen jurisdictions set to consider 21 proposals alongside Tuesday’s midterm elections, according to the non-partisan research group Ballotpedia.

🔮 They will go back in today to make sure that nobody else remains there,” she added.

🔮 In a statement, Emma Best, a Distributed Denial of Secrets co-founder, said the hacktivist known as “maia arson crimew” developed a search tool for the data that would allow the public to browse it.

🔮 The FTC will use the information to eventually publish a study to help inform regulators and lawmakers about personalized pricing and wage setting practices.

🔮 With Israel’s election yielding no clear winner, President Donald Trump could face prolonged uncertainty over who will lead Washington’s closest Middle East ally as he confronts challenges from Iran and Gaza across the region.

🔮 Netanyahu set to remain caretaker PM after inconclusive Israel election The success of Arab Israeli parties at the polls leaves rival Eisenkot little realistic path to power without their broad backing Benjamin Netanyahu looked set to remain Israel’s caretaker prime minister after unexpectedly strong backing among Jewish voters left his opponents little apparent prospect of unseating him, despite his right-wing bloc losing its parliamentary majority. With nearly 86 per cent of votes tallied on Wednesday, Israel’s three main broadcasters projected Netanyahu’s bloc of right-wing, far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties would win 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, well ahead of the 48 for rival Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc.

🔮 The Bank of Canada (BoC) has raised its key interest rate for the first time in more than three years and warned that further increases might be needed to prevent soaring energy costs from fueling broader inflation.

🔮 Benjamin Netanyahu looked set to remain Israel’s caretaker prime minister after unexpectedly strong backing among Jewish voters left his opponents little apparent prospect of unseating him, despite his right-wing bloc losing its parliamentary majority.