Donald Trump said he would cut the corporate tax rate, slash regulations and conduct an audit of the federal government that Elon Musk would lead trib.al/ycgfzMm

The federal judge presiding over the 2020 election-interference prosecution against Trump suggested the former president’s defense team was trying to drag out the case as he campaigns for a return to the White House in the Nov. 5 election, a claim his lawyers disputed.

French President Emmanuel Macron picked Michel Barnier as prime minister, entrusting the EU’s former Brexit negotiator with the delicate task of marshaling critical finance bills, @newsbaum_ reports trib.al/BmbVOT3

Germany’s Christian Democratic opposition leader says he’s building momentum for a change of government in Berlin next year trib.al/dYJQJgB

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet Friday, a spokesman for Germany’s government said. trib.al/qLbsC8b

France’s new prime minister, Michel Barnier, made a plea for the country’s political factions to work together in a bid for stability trib.al/Ha2jJ14

The US has sanctioned two more vessels along with two related shipping companies in its latest effort to block Russian liquefied natural gas exports from the Arctic trib.al/jkWG6kA

Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson said the US should build a sovereign wealth fund that surpasses Norway’s $1.7 trillion money pool trib.al/K0VQ8zR

The man in charge of election fundraising for the Labour Party is said to have been making recommendations for public appointments trib.al/Qlk9s9W

The US jobs report is high stakes for the Federal Reserve as well as the Trump and Harris presidential campaigns. trib.al/bvkUVVl

Federal agents searched the homes of multiple senior officials in New York Mayor Eric Adams’s administration trib.al/DANfe26

Russia has moved many armaments out of range, making requests by Ukraine to allow strikes in deep Russian territory irrelevant, Pentagon says trib.al/K13fCsm

Brazil Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco has scheduled the vote on the new central bank governor for Oct. 8, according to the Senate website trib.al/B4x6PhG

An aerial drone exploded on the roof of a prison in Ecuador holding high-profile inmates in a repeat of an attack in September of 2023 trib.al/yhP0PYO

The head of the United Steelworkers said Nippon Steel needs to rework its deal for United States Steel to win the union’s support and suggested the American company’s board consider replacing its CEO trib.al/0aWVkYu

China handed a nine-year prison term to a Taiwanese political activist convicted of “separatism,” a rare sentence that prompted Taiwan to warn its people about the dangers of traveling across the strait trib.al/7FXai7T

Japan’s former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi formally declared his candidacy for the ruling party’s upcoming leadership race, and says if elected he will call a general election trib.al/kTZLCmt

Premier Li Qiang signaled that China will open up more to businesses in Africa, comments that may be aimed at fending off criticism over his nation’s record trade surplus with the continent trib.al/fhwbWUm

While Hasina’s ouster is a victory for Bangladesh’s student-led protest movement, it is a setback for India and marks the loss of a painstakingly cultivated regional ally trib.al/N8UCQ2e

Here's all you need to know about Sri Lanka's presidential election that puts the IMF bailout deal in spotlight trib.al/qW1NbOv