Canada PM Justin Trudeau could resign as early as Monday, sources say | Justin Trudeau newsthirst.

Justin Trudeau could announce his resignation as early as Monday, two leading Canadian newspapers have reported, after a snowballing leadership crisis that has caused the prime minister to lose support within his party. The Globe and Mail newspaper cited three sources as saying that Trudeau, 53, would quit as head of the ruling Liberal party…

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UK firms plan price rises as confidence falls to lowest level since Truss budget | Economics newsthirst.

More than half of British companies are planning price rises in the next three months, according to research that found UK business confidence has slumped to its lowest since the chaos of Liz Truss’s brief stint as prime minister. Of 4,800 businesses polled by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), 55% said they expected to…

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Infants ‘ate food scraps off the floor’ of Wagga Wagga childcare centre, court told | Childcare Australia newsthirst.

A childcare centre will remain closed after children allegedly ate scraps of food off the floor, did not receive first aid after falls and were repeatedly left unsupervised. The serious safety concerns raised at Angel’s Paradise Wagga Wagga, in southern New South Wales, came as advocates raised concerns about the quality and availability of childcare…

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